LONDON—Camille Saint-Saëns has been unfairly pigeon-holed, not least by his contemporaries such as Debussy and Berlioz, as a conservative composer of little depth or originality. (The latter famously slighted the younger composer with … » Read

On April 29, members of the Louisville Orchestra and their Music Director Teddy Abrams ( Musical America 2022 Conductor of the Year ), along with bass-baritone Davóne Tines ( MA 2022 Vocalist of the Year ), the Louisville Chamber Choir, a … » Read

Founded in Vienna in 2006, the Exilarte Center for Banned Music locates, preserves, and presents music lost during the Holocaust. The forensic musicologists who work there function as the "monuments men" of Nazi-era composers and manuscripts, and … » Read

California’s three biggest orchestras--The Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Diego Symphony, and San Francisco Symphony—have announced a new festival of music composed in the last five years that “resonates” with the history … » Read

Ashley Magnus will step down as general director of the Chicago Opera Theater as of March 3, with the intent of joining her family in a new business venture elsewhere. With an MBA from the University of Utah, Magnus and her spouse have … » Read

LOS ANGELES--John Adams calls Girls of the Golden West “my most personal of all stage creations.” But it’s also the one that’s given him the most trouble. Premiered by the San Francisco Opera in 2017, it was revised for … » Read

The 2023 Sphinx Competition concluded over the weekend, with violinist Njioma Chinyere Grevious taking the top prize of $50,000 plus a number of solo appearances with major orchestras. She won the $5,000 Audience Choice Prize as well. A graduate … » Read

Last weekend marked the first major West Coast appearance by soprano Julia Bullock in three years, when she sang the role of Dame Shirley in Girls of the Golden West by John Adams [ see today’s review ]. First Covid, and then the birth of … » Read

How does she do it? The 35-year-old pianist Yuja Wang showed strategy, passion, and poise but little strain when playing all five Rachmaninoff piano and orchestra works in a single concert Saturday afternoon at Carnegie Hall. The … » Read

The Munich Philharmonic has announced 34-year-old Israeli conductor Lahav Shani as it next music director. Shani will succeed Valery Gergiev,  fired for his support of Vladimir Putin, and in the process assume a position previously held by … » Read