As the musicians and management of the San Antonio Symphony met with a federal mediator on Feb. 14 to seek an end to a months-long strike , the ensemble’s Music Director Emeritus Sebastian Lang-Lessing spoke with Texas Public Radio about … » Read

Kate Rockett, who for six years has been director of artists and repertoire and executive producer for the Pentatone label, is to be the new general director of the Amsterdam-based Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. Trained as a trombonist at … » Read

LONDON--Ever since he burst onto the classical music scene in 2009 with Aheym , a commission for the Kronos Quartet, Cincinnati-born composer and guitarist Bryce Dessner has been earning respectful plaudits for his intricate yet approachable … » Read

Nearly eight decades after its composer was murdered in a Nazi concentration camp, the opera Grete Minde received its world premiere on Feb. 13 at the Theater Magdeburg in eastern Germany. Written by Eugen Engel, a self-taught composer who earned … » Read

This summer’s centennial season for the Hollywood Bowl will kick off on June 11 and 12, when the Los Angeles Philharmonic hosts a free weekend festival at the Bowl and a second venue at The Ford. Over the following three months, the musical … » Read

Colorado’s Central City Opera, which prides itself on being the country’s fifth oldest professional opera company, has appointed a new president and CEO in Pamela Pantos, current development director of the Boston Children’s … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO--In an eventful program of high contrasts timed to help mark the Lunar New Year, the San Francisco Symphony presented works by Korean-born Texu Kim and Younghi Pagh-Paan, China native Zhou Long, and Takashi Yoshimatsu, who hails … » Read

LOS ANGELES – Late one night two decades ago, Esa-Pekka Salonen, architect Frank O. Gehry, and LA Philharmonic concertmaster Martin Chalifour donned hard hats and ventured downtown to an unfinished shell of a building that was soon to … » Read

Peter Oundjian, former longtime music director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, recently named music director of the Colorado Music Festival , is to be principal conductor of the Colorado Symphony Association. The post, newly created, commits … » Read

Three major New York-based foundations are underwriting a $125mn program to offer 2,400 artists across New York State a guaranteed monthly income of $1,000 over 18 months. Another 300 will receive a $65,000-a-year job with a community-based … » Read