British composer Julian Anderson has won the 2023 Grawemeyer Award for Music for Litanies , a 25-minute cello concerto premiered in 2020 by German cellist Alban Gerhardt, its dedicatee, and the National Orchestra of France at the Radio France … » Read

Rafael Payare, a conductor on the rise, made his debut with the New York Philharmonic last week and brought with him a work never before played by the orchestra. This in itself would not be particularly unusual, except that the work was a … » Read

LONDON—John Wilson and his resurrected Sinfonia of London have been gathering numerous plaudits over the four brief years of their existence, albeit mostly for work on disc. This December 2 live outing at London’s Barbican Center was … » Read

PRAGUE — An original manuscript in Beethoven's hand is getting returned to the heirs of the richest family in pre-World War II Czechoslovakia, whose members had to flee the country to escape the Holocaust. The Moravian Museum in the Czech … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — Christine McVi e, the British-born Fleetwood Mac vocalist, songwriter, and keyboard player whose cool, soulful contralto helped define such classics as “You Make Loving Fun,” “Everywhere” and … » Read

That Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä is on the top of every major symphony orchestra’s list at the ripe old age of 26 is ever more apparent. (He makes his debut with the New York Philharmonic next week.)The current music director … » Read

For more than half a century, Tania León has been a vital presence in the life of contemporary classical music in America. Born in Havana in 1943, she aspired to a life in music, completed conservatory training as a 17-year-old, and … » Read

Continuing a lineage that includes one of his mentors, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor Andrew Jinhong Kim is to be the next music director of the New York Youth Symphony (NYYS). He takes over next season from Michael Repper, who exits next spring … » Read

After 44 years as its executive director, Lawrence Zucker will retire from The Town Hall at the end of this calendar year. Since joining the 1,500-seat venue near Times Square in 1978, Zucker has worked to revitalize the historic venue. Founded … » Read

Erik Finley, vice president and general manager of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra since 2017, is to move to the position of vice president of artistic planning for the Minnesota Orchestra, a post in which he’ll be leading the artistic and … » Read