The Houston-born conductor Garrett Keast initially kept his American background under wraps when he first moved to Berlin in 2011. But when the pandemic cancelled his conducting gigs, he elected to go all-in on his connection to his homeland and … » Read

LONDON (AP) — Hans Zimmer, the two-time Academy Award-winning composer, proposed to his partner on stage in London, prompting raucous applause from the audience. As his performance at the O2 arena was drawing to a close Thursday evening, … » Read

OJAI, CA—The main event of the 2023 Ojai Music Festival was the premiere of Omar’s Journey , the scaled down version of Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels’s Pultizer Prize- winning opera about the enslaved West African Muslim … » Read

Seventeen music publishers, ranging from industry giants such as Universal, Sony, and BMG to niche brands like Gene Autry’s Western Music and Rick’s Music, have  filed suit against Twitter in a Nashville federal court and are … » Read

Violinist Yeyeong Jenny Jin (South Korea/US) has won the 2023 Michael Hill International Violin Competitio n in Auckland, NZ. The 20-year-old Juilliard student took home cash prizes of $24,920 and $1,246 (for chamber music), as well as a … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO-- El último sueño de Frida y Diego  (or The Last Dream of Frida and Diego) has a complicated back story and a complicated genesis and a complicated plot. But the result, first seen locally on June 8 as the final … » Read

One week out from the start of its summer season at the Metropolitan Opera, the American Ballet Theatre has announced the surprise resignation of its CEO and Executive Director Janet Rollé. She exits, immediately, after just 18 months in … » Read

OJAI, CA – “I don’t believe in borders” said Rhiannon Giddens at the outset of the 2023 Ojai Music Festival (June 8-11), an annual event in an edition unlike any other in recent memory. As music director of this … » Read

Classical music radio stations are on the front lines when it comes to keeping the art form thriving and accessible. Their success calls for innovative ways to generate revenue and attract audiences. Here are a few examples of what has been … » Read

NEW YORK (AP)—Jonelle Procope’s 20-year tenure as president and CEO of The Apollo Theater evolved into an era of prosperity and expansion, markedly different from the tumultuous, cash-strapped decades that preceded it. Sure, the early … » Read