The Telekom Beethoven Competition concluded on Dec. 13 in Bonn with 25-year-old American pianist Seth Schultheis winning the €50,000 first prize. Second and third place awards of €25,000 and €10,000 went to Amir Ron (Israel) and … » Read

In what has become a too-frequent occurrence, a violinist was forced to remove his instruments from their case and carry them in his arms in order to board a flight. On Dec. 14, Bojan Cicic, leader of the Academy of Ancient Music, boarded a … » Read

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s handpicked board voted Thursday to rename Washington’s leading performing arts center as the Trump-Kennedy Center, the White House said, in a move that was quickly denounced as a … » Read

After 18 years with the American Symphony Orchestra (ASO), seven of them as executive director, Oliver Inteeworn will exit to take the same post with Newport Classical, formerly known as the Newport Music Festival, in Rhode Island. He succeeds … » Read

While the world worries that the United States might never recover from the current administration’s policies, the musicians of the  National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) and Washington National Opera (WNO) worry that the Kennedy Center … » Read

Paolo Dara will become the newest member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s viola section beginning on Jan.5, 2026, after winning the final audition in October. The Grand Rapids native was previously a violinist with the Atlanta Symphony … » Read

Researchers at Australia’s Monash University have published a new report that suggests that regular listening to music significantly improves cognitive health and lowers the risk of dementia among older adults. Data from more than 10,800 … » Read

DETROIT—On Dec. 13, Detroit Opera Artistic Director Yuval Sharon joined two company staffers and guest musicologist Naomi André for a pre-show talk. Between the discussion points, Sharon’s interlocutors showered him with … » Read

The Center for American Rights (CAR), a conservative nonprofit law firm, is urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and its chairman Brendan Carr to strip broadcast licenses from NPR and PBS stations and award them instead to other … » Read

Patrons of the San Antonio Philharmonic, to say nothing of the ensemble’s musicians, must feel as if they are riding a wild roller coaster. A recent report that the orchestra was about to be evicted from its concert venue in the … » Read