Competing with nature’s own surround-sound orchestra, open-air performances aren’t the optimal context for a soloist to shine. But Zlatomir Fung kept me riveted at last summer’s Bravo! Vail Festival, eager not to miss a single … » Read

LONDON—On October 28, the Southbank Center was presenting the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, the only international orchestra to grace the venue this year, and yet the Festival Hall was so undersubscribed that the balcony had … » Read

Over four centuries ago the English playwright and poet William Congreves wrote, “Music has charms to soothe a savage breast.” In our post-pandemic time, many U.S. teachers are turning to music to help alleviate the depression and … » Read

European string quartets with members under age 35 have until December 15 to apply for inclusion in the new promotion/distribution outlet that calls itself MERITA . (The name stands for “where chamber M usic, cultural h ERI tage and TA lent … » Read

LONDON--Staging something as airy as a collection of Elizabethan lute songs might risk over-egging a delicate pudding, but in the sensitive hands of director Netia Jones it makes perfect expressive sense. Doubly so when interpreted by British … » Read

Two major works by women composers were the principal attraction of the Philadelphia Orchestra’s concert led by Yannick Nézet-Séguin at Carnegie Hall on Friday evening (October 28). Neither was a world premiere or at all new, … » Read

Illia Ovcharenko, a 21-year-old pianist from Ukraine, has been chosen as the top laureate of the 2022 Honens International Piano Competition. His victory carries with it a $100,000 CAD ($73,000) award as well as a three-year artist development … » Read

Peter Oundjian’s recent appointment as principal conductor of the Colorado Symphony is the culmination of a 20-year relationship with the ensemble that began during Marin Alsop’s tenure as music director. From 2003 to 2006, he served … » Read

The Johnstown( PA) Symphony has a new executive director in Erin Codey, in the job on an interim basis since July. Codey, who has taught visual and performing arts for the last ten years, holds an undergraduate degree in media production from … » Read

Jerry Lee Lewis, the untamable rock ‘n’ roll pioneer whose outrageous talent, energy, and ego collided on such definitive records as “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” and … » Read