For the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO), the 2022/23 season will celebrate the ensemble’s centennial and also mark two important firsts: the inaugural season for newly appointed CEO Mark Williams and the first complete season of concerts … » Read

With the perspective of a three-year hiatus from New York City Ballet performances at Lincoln Center’s Koch Theater, my return for its “Visionary Voices” program last month was telling. The works—Kyle Abraham’s The … » Read

Japanese violinist Naoka Aoki has been appointed as one of the three concertmasters of the Munich Philharmonic , the first woman to hold the job, which she shares with Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici and Julian Shevlin. The 30-year Tokyo native … » Read

NEW YORK—The operas of Dutch composer Michel van der Aa are known for their unconventional inclusion of film content. Van der Aa stands out in this respect because most composers don’t also have an expertise in filmmaking. By … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — A display case in his old high school gave David T. Little the inspiration for his first opera — a work that 18 years later has followed an unusual path to a nomination at this year’s Grammy awards. Soldier Songs … » Read

In the summer of 1955, Emmett Till, a 14-year-old child from Chicago, was brutally tortured and murdered for allegedly offending a white woman while visiting relatives in Mississippi. His mother Mamie Till-Mobley’s insistence on an … » Read

With significant communities from China, the Philippines, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, and Korea among others, Seattle has one of the most diverse Asian communities in the U.S. That makes Seattle Symphony’s annual Celebrate … » Read

The San Francisco Ballet has selected Danielle St. Germain-Gordon, interim executive director for the last nine months, to assume the position on a permanent basis. She succeeds Kelly Tweeddale, in the role for less than two years. St. … » Read

A video of a small fire at David Geffen Hall has been posted on Twitter, amid local reports of "at least 50 firefighters" arriving on the scene in response to a call around 1 a.m. on March 23. Asked for a comment, Lincoln Center responded: "The … » Read

The Ojai Festival’s 75 th anniversary season, June 9-12, is the perfect antidote to Beethoven-250 burnout. The mostly outdoor festival is always a contemporary music-lover’s paradise, but this year’s model is particularly … » Read