In November the Dallas Symphony Orchestra (DSO) will host its sixth annual Women in Classical Music Symposium. “I am incredibly proud of the impact… [it] has had over the past five years,” noted Kim Noltemy, the DSO’s … » Read

Hollywood musicians, represented by the American Federation of Musicians (AFM), voted to ratify a new agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. AFM International president and chief negotiator Tino Gagliardi labeled … » Read

Chamber Music America (CMA) is embracing its mandate as a national organization and, for the first time, holding its annual meeting outside of New York City. When announcing the new location of Houston, TX, CMA CEO Kevin Kwan Loucks said, … » Read

Markus Hinterhäuser has been given a third five-year term as artistic director of the Salzburg Festiva l , extending his tenure in one of Europe’s most influential cultural roles to the longest since Herbert von Karajan’s reign … » Read

On April 3, the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra (CSO) made a surprise announcement: It has raised $41 million toward a $50 million campaign goal intended to strengthen its endowment. “This campaign is going to solve a major problem… of … » Read

The Pacific Symphony, the largest U.S. orchestra founded in the last 50 years, is beginning to search for only the second music director in its 45-year history. Carl St.Clair, in the position for 35 years, is expected to step aside at the … » Read

Next season will be Andris Nelsons’s 11 th as the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s music director, and the orchestra positions his weeks in town as the year’s highlights: The complete Beethoven Symphonies, performed on consecutive … » Read

The House of Chanel, that very chic brand of haute couture, jewelry, fragrances, et al., has a “Culture Fund,” out of which it biennially recognizes “ten international contemporary artists who are redefining their … » Read

With an official release date of April 12, Pentatone has recorded Paul Moravec’s ambitious operatic adaptation of Stephen King’s 1977 novel The Shining . The story concerns Jack Torrance, a writer and recovering alcoholic who brings … » Read

NEA Jazz master violinist Regina Carter [pictured] has joined the faculty of UCLA’s Herb Albert School of Music. As of next fall, she’ll teach jazz performance and history and urban musical culture; she’ll also work with … » Read