On July 22, Austrian conductor Stefan Soltesz, age 73, collapsed on the podium during a performance of R. Strauss’s opera The Silent Woman at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich and died hours later at the hospital. “We are losing a … » Read

In January 2022, the National Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Gianandrea Noseda launched a project to perform and record George Walker’s five Sinfonias, a series of works written between 1984 and 2015. The first release features … » Read

Lincoln Center has adopted a new look for its inaugural Summer for the City festival. The once postcard-perfect plaza is now a vast party space bedecked in electric violet, a quadruple-sized disco ball hanging over the iconic fountain. Organizers … » Read

The Rise Diversity Project aims to remedy one of the biggest shortcomings in the pool of classically trained American musicians—the relative absence of individuals from Black, Latinx, and Asian communities. Conceived and organized by … » Read

The Mostly Mozart Festival, a summertime staple of Lincoln Center for over 50 years, is all but dead, argues Zachary Woolfe in The New York Times . “Instead,” he contends, “classical music, even in its ever-struggling nonprofit … » Read

The Kennedy Center has announced the recipients of this year's honors for “lifetime artistic achievements,” and it’s a mixed bag indeed: Think movie star George Clooney meets composer Tania León meets rock group U2 meets … » Read

Jonathon Heyward, chief conductor of the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, former Dudamel Fellow, is to be the next music director of the Baltimore Symphony, the orchestra announced today. He will serve as music director designate next season and … » Read

The Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn Roe v Wade will lend the San Francisco Opera’s June 2023 presentation of R. Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten ( The Woman Without a Shadow ) an unwelcome immediacy. At the … » Read

The Boston Symphony Orchestra has welcomed three new violinists, a cellist, an assistant librarian, and two clarinetists to its ranks. The position of concertmaster remains open, longtime principal  Malcolm Lowe having stepped down in … » Read

The Mzansi National Philharmonic Orchestra (MNPO), a newly created national orchestra in South Africa, is scheduled to give its debut performance in late July amid criticism that it costs too much and is unnecessary. The MNPO is the brainchild of … » Read