LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 2022 Grammy Awards will shift to an April show in Las Vegas after recently postponing the ceremony due to rising COVID-19 cases because the omicron variant . The awards will be broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden … » Read

Jamaican-born violinist Edmund Reid, who spent much of his career breaking down racial barriers, died at age 85 in December. His death was reported by The Strad . Often the only Black in the various U.K. orchestras in which he played, he once … » Read

The New York Times and Post Alley have both published articles concerning the reasons behind Danish conductor Thomas Dausgaard’s sudden departure as music director of the Seattle Symphony. Certainly the more thorough of the two, at 4,000 … » Read

As Michael Stern, conductor and music director of the Kansas City Symphony since 2005, prepares to step down, the search for his successor is already underway. As Steve Paul writes for KC Studio , a weekly online newsletter, “This season … » Read

We post this news only because it relates to the last three controversial incidents at UMich, all of which implicated  music faculty: David Daniels, Stephen Shipps, and Bright Sheng. ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Mark Schlissel has been … » Read

LONDON--The HD cameras were ready to roll, Daniele Abbado’s 2013 production had been spruced up, but alas, the diva had cancelled. Anna Netrebko, scheduled to make her role debut as Abigaille in Verdi’s Nabucco , pulled out from this … » Read

On Jan. 13, pianist Igor Levit made himself at home in Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium. His recital, which included works by Beethoven, Fred Hersh, Wagner, and Liszt, was, wrote Zachary Woolfe in the New York Times , “judiciously … » Read

Those attending a Dallas Symphony Orchestra concert at the Meyerson Symphony Center can now take a pre-performance rapid antigen Covid-19 test onsite at no cost. “Our intention is to have the safest environment we can and to have people … » Read

Des Moines Metro Opera (DMMO) has named Allen Perriello, recent head of music at Minnesota Opera, as director of artistic administration, a new position succeeding the previous one of artistic administrator, held by Samuel Carroll, in the job … » Read

ORLANDO – Steinmetz Hall has been a long time coming. First proposed in the 1990s, the development of a first-class venue for classical music, opera, and dance in downtown Orlando had to overcome many delays, detours, and doubts through the … » Read