Many Grammys are awarded just prior to the televised ones; classical music's among them. Below is the complete list, with a few strange ones, including the awarding of “Best Classical Instrumental Solo” to Time for Three, a trio; … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO—Patrons encounter them on their way to Davies Symphony Hall as they do almost anywhere in San Francisco. The homeless are everywhere in the city, sleeping in doorways, wheeling their possessions about in shopping carts, holed … » Read

On the eve of “Philly Loves Yannick Week,” which includes a bobblehead of the conductor as a contest prize and a cocktail named in his honor served at a dozen local restaurants, the Philadelphia Orchestra has announced the extension … » Read

Jürgen Flimm, famed director of theater, opera, and film, died on February 4 in Hamelwörden northwest of Hamburg. He was 81. His death was announced by Berlin State Opera Unter den Linden, of which he served as director from 2010-2018. … » Read

Houston Grand Opera’s young artists studio has been renamed the Sarah and Ernest Butler Houston Grand Opera Studio, honoring the couple's $22 million gift. It is the largest the HGO has ever received in its 68-year-history and defined as … » Read

Clare Fox Hillard, music director and conductor of the Albany (GA) Symphony Orchestra, is the new president of the International Conductors Guild. Elected for a two-year term during the ICG’s recent three-day conference in Valencia, Spain, … » Read

After two years in the job, Ulrike Niehoff will exit the artistic directorship of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra at the end of the current season. She was previously in the same post with the Vienna Symphony, for seven years, and, before … » Read

MILAN—Opera companies have been updating Verdi's I vespri siciliani almost since its conception. Set to the backdrop of the French occupation of 13th-century Sicily, the work premiered in French at the Paris Opera in 1885. It was translated … » Read

Ana María Martínez has joined Promethean Artists for general management. Previously with IMG, the acclaimed soprano is set to sing the role of Donna Elvira in the new production of Don Giovanni in May at the Met, which marks the … » Read

At its current annual conference, the membership of the Association of British Orchestras bestowed its 2023 ABO award on Alan Davey CBE, Controller, BBC Radio 3, for his advocacy on behalf of orchestral music and his nurturing of the BBC’s … » Read