Sunday, Korean cellist Hayoung Choi, 24, was declared winner of the International Queen Elisabeth Grand Prize, earning 250,000 euros and numerous concerts in Belgium. German-born, she   studied at the Korean National University of Arts the … » Read

Enjoying opera often calls for a viewer to suspend disbelief in the face of plot points that defy logic and portrayals shaped by offensive stereotypes and racist depictions of non-Western characters. Examples abound: white tenors donning … » Read

Mark Pemberton, longtime chief executive of the Association of British Orchestras (ABO) has decided to step down at the end of next September. He has been in the job since 2007 and is considered among the top managers in the field. He exits, he … » Read

LONDON -- Nestling in the heart of the Cotswolds, Longborough Festival Opera was the brainchild of Martin and Lizzie Graham. In 1996, they reconstructed a barn on their Moreton-in-Marsh property to create an intimate 500-seat theater. The … » Read

Edmonton Symphony Music Director Alexander Prior [pictured], his five-year contract at its end, will leave the orchestra to become music director of Germany’s Erfurt Opera and the Erfurt Philharmonic. The 29-year-old conductor is credited … » Read

The inclusion of Stephen Hough CBE on the 2022 Queen's Birthday Honor's List made the pianist, composer, and author the first British-born classical pianist to be knighted since Sir Clifford Curzon in 1977. When acknowledging the award, Hough … » Read

Conductor Charles Hazlewood believes that nothing better epitomizes the most evolved form of democracy in human experience than an orchestra in play. And, he argues in The Guardian , “no other orchestra better epitomizes the value of … » Read

Intent on continuing what appears to be a remarkably successful partnership—certainly the best this orchestra has seen in years—the National Symphony Orchestra has extended its contract with Music Director Gianandrea Noseda through … » Read

LONDON--The Royal Opera’s artistic leaders, Oliver Mears and Antonio Pappano, have trumpeted the most celebrated opera of Saint-Saëns as “an unabashed spectacle that luxuriates in melodic invention and lush orchestration.” … » Read

Tonight, the Minnesota Orchestra launches three weeks of concerts centered on its Music Director Osmo Vänskä, who steps down on June 17 after 19 years. His final concerts in Orchestra Hall are of Mahler’s Symphony of a Thousand. … » Read