A public meeting of the Bexar County Commissioners Court on Oct. 11 produced a heated debate about a proposal to provide $300,000 in funding for San Antonio’s so-called Classical Music Institution, which would fund an orchestra for the … » Read

At the quadrennial International Violin Competition of Indianapolis awards gala on September 25, four of the six top honorees were U.S. nationals. Sirena Huang, 28, of the U.S. took the top prize of ($75,000), plus awards for interpretations of … » Read

In a host of recent faculty appointments comes new that percussionist Ji Su Jung has joined the timpani and percussion faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music . Witnessed in action performing Kevin Puts’s 1997 Marimba Concerto at the 2021 … » Read

LONDON—An hour and a half spent waiting for the lead character to commit suicide may sound a grim prospect, but in Last Days , Oliver Leith achieves something that’s rare and often strangely beautiful. His opera, seen at the Royal … » Read

Both the opera and ballet of the Finish National Opera are getting new artistic directors. Javier Torres López arrived at the National Ballet in that capacity on August 1, 2022, and Thomas de Mallet Burgess is slated to succeed Lilli … » Read

In the motion picture Tár , Cate Blanchett’s star turn as the eponymous maestra Lydia Tár, director Todd Field explores power and prestige, gender, and betrayal using the worlds of Beethoven, Bach, Mahler, et al. to provide … » Read

STOCKHOLM— Russian conductor Valery Gergiev has been expelled from his position as a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music for his reluctance to condemn Russian invasion of Ukraine, the academy said Thursday. The academy, … » Read

The Chicago-based John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has announced the 25 winners of this year's "genius" fellowships, which have been increased from $625,000 to $800,000 over five years. These are "no-strings" grants, basically … » Read

Part of the month-long reopening of David Geffen Hall—actually now an entire  building, since the revamped concert hall has been named the Wu Tsai Theater —was last Saturday’s premiere of jazz artist and composer Etienne … » Read

In November California voters will have the chance to increase arts funding for public schools by voting to adopt Proposition 28. Approval of the ballot initiative would secure guaranteed annual funding of about $1 billion for music, dance, … » Read