Listening to music in your car need no longer be a poor substitute for enjoying it on your home stereo system. Advances in noise cancellation, signal processing, and speaker responsiveness have all enhanced the experience, according to a recent … » Read

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — With new COVID-19 cases surging in Louisiana, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival won’t be returning this year after all, organizers said Sunday. The festival, which traditionally is held in the spring, had … » Read

A sudden and sobering announcement arrived this morning. “After a series of tests, Michael Tilson Thomas was diagnosed with a brain tumor that required an immediate operation. The operation at the UCSF Medical Center was successful. He is … » Read

As the Tokyo Olympic Games wind down after two weeks, classical music’s prize and competition circuit is picking up steam. On August 2, Northwestern University awarded the $100,000 Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition to … » Read

Following represents the second of a two-part article on the Colorado Music Festival based on a visit and an interview with Peter Oundjian, who is just completing his first, post-pandemic season as music director. Three years ago, he agreed to … » Read

The U.K. government’s announcement that British artists would enjoy short-term visa-free travel in 19 of 27 European Union member nations is drawing largely negative reviews. “We knew all this in January,” reports David Martin, … » Read

The Baltimore Symphony has fired Emily Skala, its controversial principal flutist, in the orchestra for 33 years. “Ms. Skala has had discipline imposed upon her over these past few months,” noted Peter Kjome, the BSO’s president … » Read

Bill Chandler, who started his career as a violinist in the Houston Symphony after earning his master’s degree from Rice University, is to be the new chief executive of the BBC Concert Orchestra. He succeeds Andrew Connolly, who stepped … » Read

These are fraught times for the classical music world. Concert halls emptied 16 months ago by Covid-19 are tentatively reopening, but revenue shortfalls have weakened even the healthiest presenters. Some have simply closed down permanently. If … » Read

Need a job? The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) is hiring, but only if you can navigate a hiring process that is time-consuming, costly, intense, and, in the words of one survivor, “unbelievably neurotic.” The PSO currently has 13 … » Read