The 35 th edition of Bravo! Vail, June 23 to August 4, 2022, plans to feature more than 60 concerts in what Artistic Director Anne-Marie McDermott calls “the return of full-scale orchestras, robust programming, family favorites, and concert … » Read

The first Spoleto Festival USA under its new General Director Mena Mark Hanna [pictured] sounds and looks rather different from its predecessors, although western classical music is still represented in the chamber music series and a few of the … » Read

American composer George Crumb, whose innovative, theatrically charged soundscapes explored a new kind of musical poetry, has died after a long and far-reaching career. He was 92. The Pulitzer Prize- and Grammy Award-winning artist died on … » Read

Marin Alsop arrives on the podium of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra this weekend amid the Chicago Tribune 's speculation that she may be under consideration to succeed Riccardo Muti as music director when his contract concludes in 2023. The first … » Read

Gordon Sumner, aka Sting, has sold his back catalog to Universal Music in a deal that could be worth as much as $300m. “It felt natural to unite everything in one trusted home,” said the 70-year-old musician, who first found fame in … » Read

Ricky Ian Gordon headed downtown where his The Garden of the Finzi-Continis was being premiered by the New York City Opera on Jan. 27. When not absorbed with that, he walked from his Upper West Side home to Lincoln Center, where previews were … » Read

LONDON--After years of relative neglect, Baroque opera has made a triumphant return to the Royal Opera House with two very different new shows opening within days of each other. Katie Mitchell’s spectacular interpretation of Handel’s … » Read

Gina Duncan, who left the Brooklyn Academy of Music in September 2020 to become producing director at the Sundance Institute, is returning to BAM as its new president. “We saw Gina’s extraordinary leadership skills firsthand during … » Read

A new study from UNESCO, the United Nation’s cultural agency, reports that ten million jobs in the creative industries have been lost to the pandemic. At the same time, increasing digitization of cultural content has made it harder for … » Read

The Curtis Institute of Music and New England Conservatory have both announced recent alumni additions to their studio faculties. At Curtis, Erin Keefe and Benjamin Beilman will start next fall, offering individual lessons and chamber/orchestral … » Read