The aftershocks from Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s reported assault on English bass William Thomas following a concert in France on Aug 22 continue. In a statement issued on Aug. 31, Gardiner’s management announced that their client will … » Read

The New Jersey Symphony has announced a series of cost-saving measures designed to save the organization $650,000 in the current fiscal year. Recent tax info information puts the budget at about $13 million. The 2023 2024 season will see a … » Read

The San Francisco Opera and Los Angeles Music Center have appointed new senior fundraising executives. Georgi Kelly [pictured] joins SFO as chief philanthropy officer on October 2, where she succeeds Lisa Bury, who left the company last spring. … » Read

“I’m in heaven,” Nathalie Stutzmann tells James Paulk when describing her time conducting five performances of Tannhäuser at this summer’s Bayreuth Festival. The current music director of the Atlanta Symphony … » Read

Goodwill was in the air at this August 28 concert before even a single note had sounded. First of all, there was the inclusion of the no-longer to be axed BBC Singers. Their late-in-the-day appearance at the 2023 Proms followed a … » Read

Frank Oteri is stepping down as editor of NewMusicBox , the online magazine he created 24 years ago, to join The New School’s College of Performing Arts this fall as a full-time faculty member. "When I was hired… I believed strongly, … » Read

A new Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) study has found that 84 percent of the 2,000 respondents expressed an interest in experiencing an orchestral concert. This new figure represents a five percent jump from a similar survey taken in 2018. … » Read

A new study by a team of German academics and researchers reveals a wide range of physical and psychological pathologies that can arise from playing the violin. As a result, it emphasizes the need for a range of rehabilitation, care, and therapy … » Read

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra is adding five new musicians to its fulltime roster from the beginning of the 2023-24 season. In making the announcement, Fabio Luisi, who begins his fourth season as music director this fall, welcomed the new … » Read

Music department faculty members at Brandeis University have been informed that a pair of key programs are to be put on hiatus. This fall will see the suspension of doctoral degree programs in musicology as well as composition and theory, with … » Read