On Oct. 15, the Antigua and Barbuda Youth Symphony Orchestra will join the Royal Philharmonic for a concert on stage at Duke's Hall in Marylebone. Their appearance will represent a remarkable journey for a seven-year-old ensemble from a tiny … » Read

LONDON—While English National Opera’s woes may not be as bad as initially feared, the breadth and depth of the company’s 2023-24 season has clearly been impacted.  And while new productions are decidedly thinner on the … » Read

Anticipating the departure of its chief conductor, Matthias Bamert, in March of 2024, the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra has announced Tatsuya Shimono as principal guest conductor beginning in April 2024. One year later, Elias Grandy will assume the … » Read

As the new music director of the Handel and Haydn Society (H+H), Jonathan Cohen lives a somewhat peripatetic existence. The 45-year-old Briton makes his home in London, where his 12-year-old son lives, but finds himself on an airplane frequently. … » Read

The Cleveland Institute of Music’s high-profile faculty remain in the news with the resignation of Michael Sachs, principal trumpet of the Cleveland Orchestra and chair of the CIM brass department. His exit follows the recent leave taken by … » Read

Bowing to public outcry from thousands of arts fans and claims of racism by a few key practitioners, North Carolina radio station and NPR affiliate WCPE yesterday reversed its decision—or, rather, that of its General Manager Deborah S. … » Read

In writing about what transpired on September 29 at David Geffen Hall in New York City, some allusion to calamitous conditions and nature’s fury feels obligatory: “Joshua Bell confronts The Elements— and so does his … » Read

The recent performance of an abridged version of Jake Hegge’s Dead Man Walking at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, N.Y. was years in the making. Joyce DiDonato, who portrays Sister Helen Prejean in the Met’s season-opening … » Read

Central City Opera, which came close to losing its entire summer season due to  thorny AGMA negotiations that went on for more than six months, has named Scott Finlay as its new president and CEO. He succeeds Pamela Pantos, who exited rather … » Read

There seem to be “multiple Nosedas,” suggests critic David Patrick Stearns when scrutinizing the space(s) conductor Gianandrea Noseda (Musical America’s 2015 Conductor of the Year ) currently occupies in the classical music … » Read