CHICAGO—Since Bernard Haitink’s death last Thursday at age 92, effusive tributes have been pouring forth. As well they should. Without a doubt, he was one of his era’s most eminent, supremely eloquent conductors. But one … » Read

An Oct. 23 opinion piece about the current fate of the renowned pianist Li Yundi by Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of the Global Times , a daily tabloid controlled by the Chinese Communist Party, reveals much about how Chinese society works under its … » Read

Thomas Guggeis, the 28-year-old  kapellmeister at the Staatsoper Stuttgart and, more recently, the Berlin Staatsoper (in the specially named post of Staatskapellmeister), has signed a five-year contract to be general music director of the … » Read

The London Mozart Players (LMP), which prides itself on being the UK’s longest established chamber orchestra, founded in 1949 by Harry Blech, has a new executive director in the wings. He is to succeed Julia Desbruslais, who announced her … » Read

DOHA, Quator (AFP) -- For the first time in months, members of Afghanistan's all-female Zohra orchestra have reassembled in Doha, their music once again filling the air as they face an uncertain future. While grateful to be safe in Qatar, their … » Read

Tenor Jonas Kaufmann is arguably today’s reigning opera divo—a magnetic performer who looks every bit as good as he sounds. His appearances in the U.S.—rare in recent years due both to the pandemic and some health … » Read

For those who prefer their orchestral repertoire more on the recent side of the 20 th century than the past, the New York Philharmonic’s program last week was just too enticing to pass up. Add a conductor in her Phil debut and a clarinet … » Read

Anne Ewers, who has spent the past 14 years doing the heavy lifting of almost ceaseless fund raising as president and CEO of the Kimmel Center, retired on Oct. 22. “I have just loved this career,” Ewers told The Philadelphia Inquirer … » Read

For the Dallas Symphony Orchestra (DSO), video director Andrew Alden is often the wizard behind the curtain. Working from a room below stage level with a musical score in hand, he and executive producer Denise McGovern are watching feeds from ten … » Read

LOS ANGELES – Gustavo Dudamel’s second subscription program since the Los Angeles Philharmonic returned to Walt Disney Concert Hall aimed at two of his main interests – new music and Mahler. It also marked a re-entry … » Read