LONDON—What makes an enduring piece of contemporary music? It’s an interesting question, and despite the ongoing English heatwave, one that hovered over this July 30 BBC Prom at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Olivier … » Read

The Boston Symphony’s Koussevitzky 150 Celebration Weekend at Tanglewood continued on July 27 with Andris Nelsons conducting Aram Khachaturian’s Piano Concerto with Jean-Yves Thibaudet as soloist. Koussevitzky was an early admirer of … » Read

The international trombone community is sharing the news of an opening at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for the principal chair, currently occupied by the last surviving Fritz Reiner brass appointment, Jay Friedman, hired in 1962 and named … » Read

The musical instrument sellers’ trade organization, National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM), has selected Julia Rubio as the new executive director of the NAMM Foundation. She succeeds Mary Luehrsen, who is retiring after 22 years, … » Read

Apple Music Classical is introducing a weekly Classical Top 100 chart that will factor in streams on Classical and Apple Music proper, iTunes, song sales, and Shazam tags (an app that enables the listener to identify a musical selection on the … » Read

The management and musicians of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) have reached a new five-year labor agreement, to take effect on Sept. 9, which offers competitive salary increases, flexible scheduling, and new audition and tenure policies. … » Read

On the right weekends, the Tanglewood Festival is perhaps the ultimate summer destination for serious classical music fans. The weekend of July 26-28 the acclaimed Festival of Contemporary Music was in full swing, featuring what was apparently a … » Read

SEATTLE — In this corner of the Pacific Northwest, summer means chamber music—lots of it. Other cities offer continuing orchestral adventures with the hometown band at vacation venues like the Hollywood Bowl, Ravinia, or Tanglewood … » Read

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s veto of a $32 million grant program of the state’s Division of Arts and Culture is forcing the state’s arts organizations to think outside the box as they seek to recoup the lost public funding. … » Read

The Philadelphia Orchestra has added four new musicians to its ranks. Among them is assistant double bassist Tobias Vigneau, arriving just months after completing his Bachelor of Music degree at the Curtis Institute of Music. He succeeds Joseph … » Read