The Borlotti Buitoni Trust has announced that Filippo Gorini will be the recipient of its biennial Franco Buitoni Award. The young Italian pianist receives £25,000 (approximately $30,000) in recognition of his farsighted “Sonata for … » Read

Aaron Cohen seems to be taking a leaf out of Gustav Mahler’s own book in the third instalment of “Embrace Everything,” his ongoing series of deep-diving podcasts illuminating the composer’s immersive symphonies. Where … » Read

A union between early-music ensemble Hesperus and silent films from the 1920s would seem an unlikely one, but the success of the group’s 12 silent-movie soundtracks over the past two decades has proven otherwise. The Three Musketeers … » Read

Applications close on April 20 for the 77th Concours de Genève String Quartet and Flute Competitions 2023. The latter is open to candidates born after November 4, 1993. the former to string quartets whose members were born after October … » Read

EVANSTON, IL—During intermission at “Exile & Resilience: Music of the Jewish & African Diasporas,” a new program by Apollo’s Fire, a breathless patron chased down an ensemble administrator. “The music! … » Read

Twenty-four-year-old Euan Shields has won the 2023 edition of the Siemens Hallé International Conductors Competition. The American conductor was among the more than 200 aspiring maestros from six continents who applied to compete; eight … » Read

Distinguished classical music label Hyperion has been acquired by Universal Music Group (UMG), joining the latter’s other classical labels, Deutsche Grammophon and Decca Classics. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but presumably it will … » Read

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt [pictured] has included £8.6mn of unanticipated funding for Edinburgh's festivals in the British government’s 2023 budget. The announcement on March 15 comes just weeks following news that … » Read

The 2023-24 season of the Washington National Opera has set itself an ambitious goal—to ask, in the words of General Director Timothy O’Leary, “What is the future of opera? How will opera evolve to thrill, challenge, include and … » Read

Conductor Harry Bicket and his polished period-instrument ensemble The English Concert began offering large-scale vocal works by Handel at Carnegie Hall a decade ago. Most in the annual series have been operas, but several oratorios with The … » Read