The Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan is to be the new home for the Tureck Bach Research Institute. Founded in 1981 by the much-celebrated pianist and scholar, the Institute includes manuscripts of essays, books, correspondence, and … » Read

“It’s definitely retaliatory,” says Mary Ellen Goree, head of the San Antonio Symphony Players Committee, in response to the  orchestra’s firing of Music Director Emeritus Sebastian Lang-Lessing.   “The … » Read

Radu Lupu, widely regarded as one of the world´s greatest pianists, has died at the age of 76, the organizers of the George Enescu Festival in Bucharest announced. "We are deeply saddened to find out about the death of Maestro Radu Lupu, a … » Read

As if relations between the San Antonio Symphony and its musicians—on strike since the beginning of the season—weren’t already sour enough, management has now fired the orchestra’s music director/emeritus of 12 years for, … » Read

LONDON (AP) — Harrison Birtwistle, the creator of daringly experimental modern music who was recognized as one of Britain’s greatest contemporary composers, has died at 87. Birtwistle’s publisher, Boosey & Hawkes, said he … » Read

LOS ANGELES – The ever-innovative Los Angeles Philharmonic reaches out everywhere, this time to a new and perhaps unlikely audience – the Deaf. And its aim was true, for members of that community turned out in considerable … » Read

On April 23 the Chicago Opera Theater (COT) will present the first of three performances of Quamino’s Map , a new opera by British composer Errollyn Wallen and American librettist Deborah Brevoort. Commissioned by the COT and presented here … » Read

Soprano Anna Netrebko has been hired by the Monte Carlo Opera to sing this month following the Metropolitan Opera’s decision to drop her for failing to repudiate Russia President Vladimir Putin. The Monte Carlo Opera said Thursday that … » Read

Theodore Braun’s new film ¡Viva Maestro! documents the conductor Gustavo Dudamel as he prepares Venezuela’s Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra for a 2017 international tour through to 2018, when he conducts … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — Broadway theatergoers will have to keep their masks up through at least May 31, the Broadway League said Friday. The announcement comes as the United States deals with a fresh COVID-19 surge, with cases rising nationally and … » Read