In an action he later likened to an “absurdist play,” Russian pianist Alexei Lubimov had his concert at a central Moscow venue interrupted by police officers who ordered the hall cleared due to a supposed bomb threat. In his first … » Read

In his new book, The War on Music: Reclaiming the Twentieth Century , conductor John Mauceri suggests that classical music has been one of World War II’s overlooked casualties. Focusing his attention on four men—Paul Hindemith, Arnold … » Read

The Boston Symphony Orchestra’s 2022-23 season takes aim at relevance and reckoning, its programming rich in new and/or monumental works (Shostakovich’s Babi Yar , the overture and third act of Tannhäuser ), and focused … » Read

LONDON—With its mixture of medieval history and fairytale magic, Lohengrin inhabits that awkward territory between the fabled pageantry of Wagner’s early works and the philosophic mysticism of Tristan und Isolde . Musically there is … » Read

The 2022–23 season of Cal Performances will feature more than 70 live music, dance, and theater performances. Capturing special attention during the year will be three co-commissions, 20 premieres, and multiple artist debuts. The third … » Read

The Solti Foundation U.S. has tapped Earl E. Lee, assistant conductor of Boston Symphony Orchestra, as the 2022 recipient of the Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award. This annual recognition, now over two decades old, goes to a promising American … » Read

Anne-Marie McDermott is to exit as artistic director of Santa Fe Pro Musica as of July 31, after two years in the job. McDermott, an accomplished pianist who performs internationally, is also artistic director of the Bravo! Vail Festival.   … » Read

Fashioned after last summer’s 2021 “Restart Stages,” the outdoor, multigenre, multi-stage festival sprawled across Lincoln Center’s acreage, the Center’s “Summer for the City” 2022 program seeks to be … » Read

Quebec-based composer Ana Sokolovic , whose opera Svadba was filmed and then  streamed earlier this year by Opera Philadelphia, is to be the new artistic director of the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ), … » Read

The admonition “Never again” has served as a powerful reminder of the evils perpetrated during the Holocaust. But as time passes and remembrances of the horrors of World War II grow fainter, the need to remind people becomes greater … » Read