NEW YORK (AP) — In a mammoth room behind translucent marble walls, workers are setting the stage for the World Trade Center’s newest addition. It isn’t another office tower, nor is it a monument, at least explicitly, to the … » Read

One 93-year-old man is responsible for some of Finland’s greatest exports—orchestra conductors. The well-seasoned Esa-Pekka Salonen, leading female conductors like Susanna Mälkki and Dalia Stasevska, and rising stars Klaus … » Read

The Cleveland Orchestra has announced that its Music Director Franz Welser-Möst has withdrawn from all concerts starting at the end of October through the end of the year. “He recently had a cancerous tumor removed and will need to … » Read

Fourteen-year old Seohyun Kim , from South Korea, won the 2023 International Tibor Varga Violin Competition over the weekend. The youngest participant in the event, she takes home CHF20,000 (£18,000).  Second prize went to Raphael … » Read

CHICAGO — Classical music might be ever more undefinable, but one constant is usually assured: works are written by, and reverently credited to, a single composer. For Third Coast Percussion, all bets are off. For the better part of a … » Read

Volksoper Wien has announced that its principal guest conductor Ben Glassberg [pictured]will succeed Omer Mier Wellber as music director, effective Jan. 1, 2024. Wellber, in the job since last September, is leaving for “personal … » Read

During the 2023-24 season, Chicago’s Lyric Opera will be piloting the SoundShirt, a new system designed to allow audience members, especially those who are deaf or hard of hearing, to experience live performances enhanced by real-time … » Read

The musicians of the New York City Ballet (NYCB) orchestra have authorized a strike if a new contract cannot be negotiated with management. The two parties have thus far held five negotiating sessions; the current contract expired on Aug. 31. The … » Read

David J. Kitto, executive director of the National Theater Foundation in Washington, D.C., is to be the new executive director of the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival as of October 30. He succeeds Steven Ovitsky, who last fall announced his … » Read

The Metropolitan Opera’s announcement in late 2022 that future seasons would offer a significantly greater number of contemporary operas than in the past seemed to signal a major sea change. In April, General Manager Peter Gelb further … » Read