American violinist Joshua Brown took home the Gold Medal at the 2023 Global Music Education League Competition, held in Beijing for ten days in early November. His win carries with it a $100,000 cash award as well as international management and … » Read

As predicted some 18 months ago , and suggested then by his good friend Vladimir Putin, Valery Gergiev, longtime commander-in-chief of the Mariinsky Theater, is to add the Bolshoi to his already stuffed portfolio. The appointment, being announced … » Read

In late 1989 the fall of the Berlin Wall, after 28 years, ignited rapturous celebrations throughout Germany and Europe, and around the world. The creation of a musical gesture worthy of the moment required someone possessing a rare combination of … » Read

Croation conductor Ivan Repušic [pictured] is to be the next general music director of the Leipzig Opera as of 2025-26. He will succeed Christoph Gedschold, who is headed to the Copenhagen Philharmonic. Repušic, also chief conductor … » Read

The growing scrutiny of the traditional format for symphony concerts has produced a multitude of experiments by orchestras here and abroad. Groups have tried everything from semi-staged operas in concert to seating audience members among the … » Read

Deborah Borda may have exited the executive suites of the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic,  Detroit Symphony, Handel and Haydn Society, et al.—all of which she has run and transformed with marked success—but, … » Read

Just five weeks after Cleveland Orchestra principal trumpet  Michael Sachs resigned as chair of the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM)’s brass department, he has been snatched up by the Curtis Institute of Music. He joins the faculty … » Read

Maestro , Bradley Cooper’s forthcoming biopic about Leonard Bernstein, promises an up-close look at one of the 20 th century’s most prodigious musical personalities. But the film, which clocks in at two hours, ten minutes, ironically … » Read

Retired MET Orchestra oboist Sharon Meekins is suing her former employer for retirement benefits due. Meekins, who played oboe and/or English horn as needed in the orchestra from 1987 to 2022, says the company has violated the Employee Retirement … » Read

Chamber Music America’s biennial Cleveland Quartet Award, which goes to an up-and-coming ensemble with “significant promise,” will be presented at CMA’s January conference in New York to the Balourdet Quartet. The award … » Read