The 2023-24 season is the swansong for the St. Lawrence String Quartet (SLSQ), the group announced yesterday. The decision comes after a one-year hiatus following the death of founding violinist Geoff Nuttall . The quartet’s three remaining … » Read

At a casual glance, Cio-Cio San, the title character of Madama Butterfly , seems like an archetypal Puccini “piccola donna”: a delicate young woman along the lines of La bohème ’s Mimì or Turandot ’s … » Read

Now in its third year, Arabella Arts s has been on a steady growth curve under its founders, Managing Directors Stefana Atlas and Samantha Scully. Among its most recent signings is violinist Maxim Vengerov, for North American management. “I … » Read

Zarqa Al Yamama , the first grand opera produced in Saudi Arabia, recently premiered in Riyadh. With music by Australian composer Lee Bradshaw and an Arabic libretto by Saudi poet Saleh Zamanan, the opera tells the story of a blue-eyed tribal … » Read

Since 1959 the Medical Arts Symphony of Kansas City community orchestra has provided amateur musicians working in the health care professions with performance opportunities that offer essential relief from a stressful work environment. For Liam … » Read

LONDON--The Royal Opera House’s Jette Parker Artists Programme is not just about fostering talent, it enriches the artform through staged performances that often reach beyond the regular canon. This April 26 double bill in the Linbury … » Read

New Hampshire-based PARMA,  a production, distribution, and marketing company, has acquired Albany Records, assuming responsibility for the 37-year-old label’s operations and catalog administration. Albany’s founders, Peter … » Read

On April 30, when Joshua Kosman retires after 36 years with the San Francisco Chronicle , the classical music world in the U.S. will lose one of its best and longest-tenured critics. A member of a distressingly shrinking fellowship of informed … » Read

Eva Ollikanen has announced her exit as chief conductor of the Iceland Symphony at the end of the 2025-26 season, concluding what will have been a six-year run. Her accomplishments are noteworthy, including establishing a conducting academy and … » Read

At the end of El Niño ’s opening chorus, during the transition to the Annunciation scene, the orchestra begins to vibrate in steadily intensifying waves of ecstatic energy—a moment of sonic transfiguration that is one of the … » Read