Norwegian conductor Grete Pedersen has been announced as the new artistic director and principal conductor of the Carmel Bach Festival, which prides itself on being “the longest-running summer music festival in California.” Somehow … » Read

The idea of creating a permanent opera company in San Francisco one hundred years ago might have seemed a fool’s errand. Although the art form could be found there as early as the 1840s during the gold rush, the city’s location on the … » Read

As orchestras prep for the coming season, quite a few are filling vacancies left from even before the pandemic, since auditions were impossible during that time. The Cincinnati Symphony has ten newcomers, eight of whom are coming into tenured … » Read

VIENNA (AFP) – Dutch opera director Lotte de Beer took over Thursday as artistic director of the Volksoper opera house in Vienna, the first woman to hold the post. De Beer, 41, won the International Opera Award in the Newcomer category in … » Read

The Philadelphia-born Marc Blitzstein has a legitimate claim to being one of America’s best unknown composers. The son of Russian immigrants, he studied composition at the Curtis Institute and at 21 was a musician accomplished enough to … » Read

Lauren Fagan is a singer whose vocal flexibility is matched by faultless diction and a seemingly effortless ability to put across the meaning behind the words. She’s an impressive stage animal too, as proven by her recent debut in Ethel … » Read

Music programming at Trinity Church Wall Street next fall abounds with variety, from liturgical to political, traditional to cutting edge. Things get underway September 15-17 with New York’s first full staging of Craig Hella Johnson’s … » Read

A new study published in the journal Psychological Science suggests there is a link between playing a musical instrument when young and improved thinking skills in old age. The study, conducted by the University of Edinburgh, included 366 … » Read

After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, 80 members of the Pan-Caucasian Youth Orchestra (PCYO) are reuniting in Tsinandali, Georgia ,for the fourth annual Tsinandali Festival, Sept. 2-11.  Arriving from seven countries from the Caucasus … » Read

A new documentary by Belgian director Thierry Loreau, music director of his country's public service broadcaster RTBF, examines why young Korean musicians are increasingly taking the competition world by storm.  The last two Cliburn Gold … » Read