MANCHESTER--The Hallé’s long and distinguished relationship with Ralph Vaughan Williams and his music dates back to 1944 and the first commercial recording of the Fifth Symphony, conducted by its visionary chief, Sir John … » Read

Yarmila Alfonzetti [pictured] is to take over as chief executive of the Queensland Symphony as of July 11. She succeeds board member Valmay Hill, who has been serving as executive director since Craig Whitehead exited in 2021 to take over at the … » Read

Leonard Bernstein never wrote a string quartet. Or so almost everyone thought until 2002, when an offhand reference by her mother to “that wonderful little piece that Lenny wrote and gave to Dad” alerted Lisa Benson Pickett to an … » Read

Black musicians working in over 40 U.S. orchestras have announced the formation of the Black Orchestral Network (BON), a collective “dedicated to creating an inclusive and equitable environment for Black people in the orchestral … » Read

Sunday afternoon offered an opportunity to hear ten of the country's finest young voices compete for generous prize monies at the Metropolitan Opera’s Laffont Grand Finals Concert. Chosen from more than 1,100 applicants, 800 of them … » Read

It’s a plucky American musician who makes his Wigmore Hall debut playing Arnold Bax, but it was a sonata by that quintessentially British 20 th -century composer that formed the centerpiece of Jordan Bak’s recital at London’s … » Read

Rare is the classical album that sells more than a few thousand copies. To sell over a million— The Three Tenors excepted—is unheard of, especially for a relatively unknown Polish composer whose work has been characterized as … » Read

Kyohei Sorita, a 27-year-old Chopin specialist, is betting that he can make a success of the Japan National Orchestra Co. (JNO), a for-profit orchestra he founded during the pandemic. Kyohei Sorita began playing piano at age 4 and by age 11 … » Read

The Aix Easter Festival didn’t need to build its pedigree; it had one from the word go, thanks to a little black book in the back pocket of its artistic director, Renaud Capuçon. Not only does the violin virtuoso know everyone … » Read

Decca Records and the Chineke! Orchestra have forged a partnership, creating the newly launched label Chineke! Records to record work by some of the world’s most important yet under-represented classical composers. Chineke is the first … » Read