The Detroit Symphony has appointed Robyn Bollinger, noted free-lance and former member of the Boston-based chamber group A Far Cry, to be its next concertmaster. After a successful audition in February, Bollinger sat in with the DSO for two weeks … » Read

AIX-EN-PROVENCE—There was a determination on the part of Artistic Director Pierre Audi and the city fathers of Aix to mount a full-on festival in 2022 after the difficulties of the last two years, and they more than delivered on their … » Read

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, NY—Operatic might-have-beens are a centerpiece of the Bard SummerScape’s annual season, the 2022 entry being Die Schweigsame Frau (The Silent Woman) in a brave production that makes an almost-best-possible case … » Read

The Melbourne-based Victorian Opera has named Stuart Maunder AM (Member of the Order of Australia) as its next artistic director. He will  succeed composer-conductor Richard Mills AM at the conclusion of 2023. Maunder began his career in … » Read

In recent years, patrons of the Nashville Symphony had come to dread the arrival of summer, when tens of thousands of purple martins chose to treat the elm trees surrounding the Schermerhorn Symphony Center as their favorite Airbnb stopover … » Read

The Salzburg Festival is coming under heavy criticism for its links to performers and sponsors tied to Vladimir Putin and the Russian government. At the center of the controversy is the opening night performance by the St. Petersburg-based … » Read

Last weekend at Tanglewood saw “youth in ascendance,” writes Jeremy Eichler in The Boston Globe . Friday night’s star was Karina Canellakis, the young American conductor whose debut last year won rave reviews for “a … » Read

James Thomas, creative director of the Manchester Camerata, is to be the next director of the Royal Northern Sinfonia (RNS) & Classical Program. RNS is the U.K.’s only full-time chamber orchestra and is resident at Sage Gateshead, an … » Read

PORTLAND--As part of its “Inspirations & Influences” Summer Festival, Chamber Music Northwest presented composer Andy Akiho’s multimedia 2021 work Seven Pillars to a sold-out crowd at the Alberta Rose Theater, a converted … » Read

NEWPORT, RI (AP) — Surprise! Joni Mitchell is back onstage. The folk legend performed her first full-length concert on Sunday at the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island.  Mitchell has contended with health complications since … » Read