Seth Abramson , a jazz guitarist/band leader turned label executive turned presenter/producer, is to be the first director of the Gilmore International Piano Festival’s jazz awards, established in February with an $8 million grant from … » Read

The legendary mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne is remembered for much more than her singing. Her sense of humor and her plain speaking have long been admired as well and are apparently still very much intact. Now retired and living in Santa Barbara, … » Read

The music industry and the tech companies are engaged in what one music executive calls a “deeply dysfunctional symbiotic relationship.” Billions of dollars—$28.8 billion in 2021—are at stake in the battle over the … » Read

Following continues Stearns's BOAC review, posted yesterday . The post-minimalist aesthetic has staying power among the Bang on a Can (BOAC) composers, influenced by Dutch minimalist Louis Andriessen, thanks to their ways of applying it on every … » Read

Veronika Arkhangel, former associate director of artistic planning for the Metropolitan Opera and, before that, with CAMI, has signed tenor Yusif Eyvazov to her new firm, Arcadia Artists. Eyvazov, who frequently performs with his wife, Anna … » Read

NORTH ADAMS, MA--Any major Bang on a Can event is bound to test what you think music is, what it can say, and even how sound is made. But during the Bang on a Can LOUD Weekend July 28-30 at MASS MoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art) in … » Read

LONDON--Cognoscenti of Puccini’s less-performed operas have long recognized that Il Tabarro , the opening act of his 1920 trilogy Il Trittico , is one of his most enthralling and advanced scores.  When followed by the emotional … » Read

Music critic Andrew Mellor has had a recurring dream in which he walks into the 2,350-seat London Coliseum for Jonathan Miller’s production of The Mikado and finds fewer than 100 people in attendance. The theater itself is dirty and … » Read

A paper published in the journal Cureus— " The Effect of Classical Music on Heart Rate, Blood Pressure, and Mood’’ —bolsters long-held beliefs regarding the connections between listening to classical music and blood … » Read

The actual concert hall of David Geffen Hall, named in 2015 for a $100m gift from the LA billionaire, will be the Wu Tsai Theater, named for the $50m gift from Clara Wu Tsai and Joe Tsa that enabled the renovation to be completed two years ahead … » Read