In his most recent column, New Yorker music critic Alex Ross discusses a subject  frequently brought up in this space, and that is the demise of classical music at Lincoln Center. He points out that the complex was built as a home for the … » Read

Although it has remained a bastion of conservatism musically, devoting itself exclusively to the operas of Richard Wagner, productions at the annual Bayreuth  Festival have become increasingly radical and provocative under the management of … » Read

For classical musicians in the U.K., Brexit is proving to be every bit the disaster first predicted when the vote was taken in June of 2016. A new report from the Independent Society of Musicians (ISM), based on interviews with 400 members, finds … » Read

This year’s Glimmerglass Festival, which concludes today, may well be remembered as the summer of Anthony Roth Costanzo. The counter tenor, a member of the Young Artists program in 2008 who has returned three times since to perform, seemed … » Read

Although contemporary opera composers cast a wide net when looking for nontraditional subjects for their works, few if any have turned to the modern labor movement for inspiration. An Aug. 13 workshop performance of excerpts from Delores , a … » Read

Composer and electronic sound guru Tod Machover has been at the forefront of music and technology for decades. The son of a pianist and a computer scientist, he was appointed the first director of musical research at I.R.C.A.M. in Paris in 1980, … » Read

LONDON—This year’s BBC Proms have largely steered clear of the most challenging contemporary music, making this August 17 concert at the Royal Albert Hall a welcome exception. And unlike Samuel Beckett's endlessly awaited Godot, … » Read

The San Francisco Symphony and music director Esa-Pekka Salonen have announced Yubeen Kim as the orchestra’s new principal flute and Katherine Siochi as its principal harp. The two new appointments fill a pair of vacancies that arose during … » Read

EAST SUSSEX, U.K. – Glyndebourne has announced that its 2023 festival far outperformed expectations, achieving attendance figures of 97 percent. The results will be especially welcome after Arts Council England chose to massively curtail … » Read

Trinity Church Wall Street has announced a 2023-2024 season of music with a focus on hot-button issues of social, political, and environmental importance. Among the highlights will be world premieres of works by Benedict Sheehan, Luna Pearl … » Read