CHICAGO (AP) — Enrique Mazzola extended his contract as music director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago through 2030-31, the company said Tuesday as it announced a 2024-25 season that opens with him conducting Verdi’s Rigoletto on Sept. … » Read

Democratic congressional representatives Rashida Tlaib (MI) and Jamaal Bowman (NY) have introduced legislation intended to increase online streaming royalties for musicians. According to a news release, their proposed Living Wage for Musicians … » Read

The Sarasota Orchestra, the longest continuously operating orchestra in Florida, is celebrating its 75 th anniversary. Organized by amateurs and musical students, the Florida West Coast Symphony (FWCS), as it was initially known, gave its first … » Read

At the Academy Awards ceremony on March 10, Ludwig Göransson took home the Oscar for Best Original Score for Oppenheimer , which won six other awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. It was the second win for the thrice-nominated … » Read

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Nile Rodgers, American songwriter and co-founder of the influential 1970s disco band Chic, and esteemed Finnish classical music composer and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen won the 2024 Polar Music Prize on Tuesday. The Polar … » Read

LONDON—The tale of Charles Byrne, known to history as the Irish Giant, is a tragedy of operatic proportions. That’s one reason Sarah Angliss’s dramatization of his final year on earth makes such a powerful piece of music … » Read

The Concertgebouw has established a new position, made possible by the Haitink family and named, appropriately, the Bernard Haitink associate conductorship after the orchestra’s longtime chief conductor, who died in 2021. The first is to be … » Read

Brian Shepherd is to become CEO of the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) as of July 1, 2024. He succeeds Dr. Gary L. Ingle, who retires on June 30 after 28 years in the position. Shepard has already worked at the 148-year-old nonprofit … » Read

The Los Angeles Philharmonic’s 2024-25 season marks Gustavo Dudamel’s penultimate one before he departs for the New York Philharmonic in 2026. Offerings at Walt Disney Concert Hall range from Mahler through John Williams to world … » Read

The RTVE Symphony Orchestra ( Orquesta Sinfónica de Radio Televisión Española ), also known as the Spanish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, and its Music Director Christoph König have chosen Danish conductor … » Read