The Manchester Collective, a six-year-old ensemble that includes anywhere from two to 20-plus musicians, was cited by the recent Royal Philharmonic Society Awards jury as "transforming all our perceptions" of what a classical music group can be. … » Read

LOS ANGELES (AP)—Last month, the Recording Academy announced a series of changes to the Grammy Awards to better reflect an evolving music industry. Of those newly instituted guidelines, protocols involving technological advancements in … » Read

SHANGHAI—Among the 50 laureates and diploma recipients of the 17 th Tchaikovsky International Music Competition, which concluded over the weekend, eight were from South Korea, eight from China, and 28 from Russia. A total of 236 … » Read

Major changes are under consideration as the Chautauqua Institution and its opera company, facing universal post-pandemic declines in audiences, examine the daunting cost of creating professional opera productions. While conversations are … » Read

In the fall of 2024, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra (DSO) will partner with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Media Lab to open the Jeanne R. Johnson Education Center. Offering “STEAM-based learning (Science, … » Read

The San Antonio Philharmonic , the new iteration of the defunct San Antonio Symphony, has named onetime local city council member and architect Roberto Treviño as its first ever executive director. He will move from his position on the … » Read

It’s been nine years since Roger Wright left his job as BBC Controller of Radio 3 and the Proms director to become chief executive of what is now Britten Pears Arts, a.k.a. the Aldeburgh Festival, which ran June 9-25. Today, he announced … » Read

On July 7 and 8, the Glimmerglass Festival opens its season, the first under General and Artistic Director Robert Ainsley , with Puccini’s La bohème and Bernstein’s Candide . Although most of the season’s offerings were … » Read

Hanover’s NDR Radiopharmonie has named Russian conductor Stanislav Kochanovsky as its next chief conductor, in 2024-25; he succeeds Andrew Manze. Kochanovsky has an active career as a guest, recently conducting in Washington, D.C., … » Read

Identifying the first published Black composer in America is an inconclusive venture, but current scholarship suggests that the honor belongs to Occramer Marycoo. Likely brought to Newport, RI, on The Elizabeth from Ghana as an enslaved teenager … » Read