A new Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) study has found that 84 percent of the 2,000 respondents expressed an interest in experiencing an orchestral concert. This new figure represents a five percent jump from a similar survey taken in 2018. … » Read

A new study by a team of German academics and researchers reveals a wide range of physical and psychological pathologies that can arise from playing the violin. As a result, it emphasizes the need for a range of rehabilitation, care, and therapy … » Read

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra is adding five new musicians to its fulltime roster from the beginning of the 2023-24 season. In making the announcement, Fabio Luisi, who begins his fourth season as music director this fall, welcomed the new … » Read

Music department faculty members at Brandeis University have been informed that a pair of key programs are to be put on hiatus. This fall will see the suspension of doctoral degree programs in musicology as well as composition and theory, with … » Read

The second edition of the Zoltán Kodály Conducting Competition, held in Debrecen, Hungary from August 20 – 28, failed to produce a first prize winner. Alexander Sinan Binder (Germany) and Mateusz Gwizdalla (Australia/Poland) … » Read

Jasmin White has been announced as the winner of the 2023 Queen Sonja Singing Competition. The American contralto takes home €50,000 as well as an original artwork made by Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway. The second prize of €10,000 … » Read

The International Contemporary Ensemble, an invaluable new-music collective founded in 2001, used to cut a higher profile than it has lately, or at least it seems that way. In a 2007 New York Times article , founder Claire Chase spelled out the … » Read

MODESTO, CA—The Board of Directors of the Modesto Symphony Orchestra Association has announced that Nicholas Hersh will become the organization’s next Music Director. Hersh, who is only the ninth music director in the … » Read

LONDON—Last year, the BBC Proms offered a f ine account of Handel’s Solomon , though its grandeur was slightly scuppered by overly modest forces. The Royal Albert Hall is big, and the otherwise excellent BBC Singers rattled around in … » Read

Sir John Eliot Gardiner made headlines when he assaulted a singer who exited the stage in the wrong direction. Gardiner quickly apologized and stepped aside from upcoming performances. The incident was widely reported, not so much for Gardiner's … » Read