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

LENOX, MA-- A Standing Witness is a collection of powerful, serious, and important political poems by Pulitzer Prize-winner and former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove, composed by Grammy-winner Richard Danielpour. Both attended its performance July … » Read

The Louisville Orchestra’s initial “Creators Corps” is a racially- and gender-balanced trio of composer/performers, each of whom has a reputation for stretching musical boundaries and reaching beyond them into society. Funded … » Read

Jonathan Heyward will not join the Baltimore Symphony as its new music director until the fall of 2023, but he is already introducing himself to the city. At a recent meeting with reporters, he shared information about his background and … » Read

Orchestras around the world have embraced the popularity of live-with-film concerts. They are reliable revenue generators, typically selling-out, and are proving to be vehicles with which to introduce new, younger audiences to orchestra … » Read

The Boston-based New England Philharmonic , a 45-year-old all-volunteer ensemble specializing in contemporary music, has spent the past season auditioning candidates to succeed longtime music director Richard Pittman, now emeritus. Its choice … » Read