There is a glimmer of hope for U.K. musicians and other creatives beset by the career-stifling bureaucracy that has accompanied their nation’s decision to leave the European Union. Early in November, the domestic advisory groups formed in … » Read

Inevitably, but nonetheless disappointing, Daniel Barenboim will not be conducting the Staatskapelle Berlin’s Brahms cycle on its tour of the U.S. and Canada, November 25-December 3. “My health simply does not allow me to undertake … » Read

In remarks at the start of his Carnegie Hall recital on November 14, Bryn Terfel called it “a trip down memory lane.” The program opened with Gerald Finzi’s Let Us Garlands Bring , Op. 18—the first song cycle he studied in … » Read

LOS ANGELES— The California Festival: A Celebration of New Music has been underway since November 3, with virtually every musical organization in the state involved. Ending on Monday, it has been a rather amorphous affair, actually, with … » Read

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) and Harmonia Mundi have struck a deal for multiple recordings over the next three years. The partnership marks the 65-year-old French label’s first major project with a major North American orchestra, … » Read

Beginning in the fall of 2024, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) and the Winston-Salem Symphony will launch a graduate-level Orchestral Strings Fellowship. Each year five students will receive a full scholarship and … » Read

American violinist Joshua Brown took home the Gold Medal at the 2023 Global Music Education League Competition, held in Beijing for ten days in early November. His win carries with it a $100,000 cash award as well as international management and … » Read

As predicted some 18 months ago , and suggested then by his good friend Vladimir Putin, Valery Gergiev, longtime commander-in-chief of the Mariinsky Theater, is to add the Bolshoi to his already stuffed portfolio. The appointment, being announced … » Read

In late 1989 the fall of the Berlin Wall, after 28 years, ignited rapturous celebrations throughout Germany and Europe, and around the world. The creation of a musical gesture worthy of the moment required someone possessing a rare combination of … » Read

Croation conductor Ivan Repušic [pictured] is to be the next general music director of the Leipzig Opera as of 2025-26. He will succeed Christoph Gedschold, who is headed to the Copenhagen Philharmonic. Repušic, also chief conductor … » Read