A Stradivarius violin, thought to have been played on the 1939 Wizard of Oz soundtrack,  is expected to fetch as much as $20 million at a Tarsio online auction on June 9. The instrument belonged to Toscha Seidel, who paid $24,000 when he … » Read

Pianist Orli Shaham has joined Colbert Artists for representation as a soloist and chamber musician. Shaham is on the Juilliard college and pre-college piano and chamber-music faculties. She is also co-host of NPR’s From the Top , and is … » Read

The pandemic turned the classical music world on its head. With concert halls and theaters closed, performance groups turned to streaming to share their wares. While the stay-at-home experience lacked the social interaction that many … » Read

Jonathan Bailey Holland, recent chair of composition, contemporary music and core studies at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, has been appointed as head of the Carnegie Mellon University School of Music, as of August 1. He succeeds Denis Colwell, … » Read

Beginning in October 2022 Christie’s will hold a series of auctions in New York to sell the Ann and Gordon Getty Collection, the proceeds of which will go toward the formation of the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation for the Arts. The nearly … » Read

Yu-an Chang , a former assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony, is the new principal conductor of the Taipei Chinese Orchestra (TCO) with immediate effect. He succeeds Qu Chun Quan, who left at the end of last season after eight years in the … » Read

From October 1, 2022 through May 27, 2023, the San Diego Symphony (SDS) will present 16 programs of classical and contemporary masterworks. Concerts will be held at six venues throughout San Diego County, including the new Rady Shell at Jacobs … » Read

Baritone Will Liverman, who opened the Met Opera’s 2021-22 season in the lead role of Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones , has been named winner of the 2022 Beverly Sills Artist Award, an annual $50,000 prize for … » Read

Any Russian director or producer who speaks out against their country’s invasion of Ukraine can almost be guaranteed of the cancellation of their upcoming projects. This week alone Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater, without explanation, … » Read

ZURICH (AP) — Wotan beckoned the other gods to join him in walking to Valhalla, their new home acquired at a high and painful price. Instead of following, they shot him looks of contempt and allowed him to enter on his own. Andreas … » Read