The San Antonio Philharmonic, which emerged out of the ashes of the long-beleaguered San Antonio Symphony and offered its first full season in 2022-23, has named Jeffrey Kahane to be its music director as of 2024-25 for three seasons. Kahane has … » Read

Mannes School of Music at The New School’s College of Performing Arts has chosen Robert Bily to receive the 2024 Alexis Gregory Vendome Prize. The 26-year-old Czech pianist receives $30,000 cash as well as several concert dates throughout … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO—With one of the West’s atmospheric rivers churning away outside, Hertz Hall on the University of California Berkeley campus sheltered a different and more varied display of natural phenomena on February 6: Bustling … » Read

Best Orchestra Performance Thomas Adès: Dante Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Los Angeles Philharmonic   Best Opera Performance Terence Blanchard: Champion Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Ryan Speedo Green, Latonia Moore, … » Read

For the first time in its 87-year history, the Louisville Orchestra has received a Grammy Award, winning for The American Project in the Best Classical Instrument Solo category. The original composition, by the orchestra’s music director … » Read

Despite the demise of the Mostly Mozart Festival, its orchestra and a few programs of classical music have been planned by Lincoln Center presenters—as of part of their Summer for the City banner, now in its third annual appearance. … » Read

LONDON—For half a century or more, the benchmark recording of Mendelssohn’s Elijah in English has been an all-star affair conducted by Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. With a solo team led by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau that included … » Read

The Philadelphia Orchestra’s “Orchestra after 5” program on Feb. 1—dubbed “a classical concert with a casual vibe”—was “a wild success,” says the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Peter Dobrin. … » Read

The Colburn School promoted Nate Zeisler, interim provost, to the full position, succeeding Adrian Daly, who died in August . Zeisler has been at the school for 13 years, teaching career development and community engagement courses. While serving … » Read

Conductor Carlos Kalmar has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Cleveland Institute of Music, essentially for defamation of character and ruining his professional reputation. The suit stems from a Title IX investigation last year, which, … » Read