James Conlon will step down as music director of the LA Opera at the end of the 2025-26 season, ending a 20-year run that will have spanned half the company’s history. Conlon made the announcement Wednesday, five days before his 74th … » Read

Neuköllner Oper , known as Berlin’s “fourth” opera house and certainly the most experimental of the pack, has announced the departure of Bernhard Glocksin, in 2025, after 20 years in the job. He is to be succeeded by Rainer … » Read

Just weeks after the public release of plans for a new $275 million concert hall for the Columbus Symphony, Denise Rehg has announced her plans to step down as the ensemble’s executive director in August. To all appearances this is a purely … » Read

The inaugural Philadelphia Organ Festival, which kicks off on March 15 and extends through March 23, features nine concerts around a city that is said to have 830 purpose-built sacred places, most of which would have had a pipe organ. The … » Read

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