LONDON—The London Symphony Orchestra’s Janácek-in-concert series launched pre-pandemic with The Cunning Little Vixen , masterfully captured on the orchestra’s in-house label LSO Live. Last year’s incandescent … » Read

The 19 th -century tradition that audiences do not applaud between movements of symphonies, concertos, and other multi-section musical works is being increasingly ignored, sometimes at the behest of those claiming to “democratize” the … » Read

In 2015, Venezuelan conductor Ron Davis Álvarez was passing through a Swedish train station when he encountered teenage refugees from Syria and Afghanistan. This chance meeting would shortly change his life, as well as those of hundreds of … » Read

The Portland Opera is looking to sell its current office and performance space, known as the Hampton Opera Center—some 44, 835 square feet that houses all of its requisite functions, from costume building to performing. The company … » Read

British conductor Jan Latham-Koenig was arrested in London’s Victoria Station on Jan. 10 and charged with arranging/facilitating a child sexual offense and sexual communication with a child the following day. He was released on conditional … » Read

Anyone seeking evidence that women conductors are in ascendance need look no further than next summer’s Bayreuth Festival, which on Jan. 11 announced that Simone Young is to step in for Philippe Jordan to conduct the Der Ring des Nibelungen … » Read

Last night, on the stage of David Geffen, formerly Avery Fisher, Hall, violinist Hilary Hahn was awarded the $100,000 Avery Fisher Prize in recognition of her outstanding artistic achievement and leadership in classical music. The award, … » Read

Following continues the chamber-music recordings roundup posted earlier this week .  Born in Canada, Vivian Fung studied at the Juilliard School and currently lives in California. In her latest recording, Insects & Machines , her finely … » Read

When Lois Kirschenbaum, an avid operagoer and cultural consumer, died in 2021 , she left behind a treasure trove —memorabilia, programs, signed photographs—documenting her more than five decades of engagement with New York’s … » Read

Austrian conductor Franz Welser-Möst will not renew his contract as music director of the Cleveland Orchestra when it expires in 2027. By that time he will have been in the post for 25 years, the longest tenure of any lead conductor in the … » Read