French conductor Stéphane Denève will succeed Michael Tilson Thomas as artistic director of the New World Symphony as of the 2022-23 season. MTT, who cofounded NWS with Ted and Lin Arison 35 years ago, will stay connected to his … » Read

This year’s annual meeting of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra was cause for celebration, as the ensemble announced that the conclusion of its 2021/22 season brought with it the elimination of an accumulated deficit that had bedeviled the TSO … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO  — John Adams has not tired of defying expectations. Nowhere is this more evident than in his works for the stage, which tend to trigger the most heated, even contradictory, critical reactions. Antony and Cleopatra , his … » Read

If at first you don’t succeed…. In 1999, after eight years at the head of the New York Philharmonic, Deborah Borda decamped for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, convinced that a makeover of the much-maligned Avery Fisher Hall … » Read

The Manchester-based Hallé orchestra, Mark Elder music director, has brought on a new leader, or concertmaster, to succeed Lyn Fletcher, who left in 2019 after over 20 years in the job. He is Roberto Ruisi , 22, a multiple prize winner … » Read

Apple is said to be nearing the release of Apple Music Classical, its standalone music streaming app promised for a 2022 introduction. In August 2021 the tech giant bought the classical music service Primephonic, at the time promising, … » Read

The title role of Medea must be one of opera’s most challenging, and when Cherubini’s 1797 work finally arrived at the Met Opera on Tuesday for the beginning of the company’s 137 th season, Sondra Radvanovsky triumphantly met … » Read

Time magazine has named director Yuval Sharon to its “2022 TIME100 Next”  list, which it defines as “100 emerging leaders who are shaping the future of business, entertainment, sports, politics, health, science and … » Read

Following a concert with the Vienna Philharmonic in Salzburg’s Grosses Festspielhaus last month, the 81-year-old maestro Riccardo Muti sat for an interview with Die Zeit . Reminded that he has expressed frustration that “a performance … » Read

The newly formed  San Antonio Philharmonic has purchased the assets of the defunct San Antonio Symphony with unspecified financial resources made available by David Wood and Colette Holt, and by the American Federation of Musicians Local 23. … » Read