In one of the more idiosyncratic competition results of 2021, the 75th Geneva International Music Competition concluded on October 29 with a three-way tie for third prize in the oboe division and no first or second prizes. Natalia Auli from … » Read

On Nov. 3 the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association (CSOA) released operating results for the 2021 fiscal year, which concluded on-June 30, 2021, at its annual meeting held in person and online. The 130th season, while beset with the … » Read

Robert Neu , an opera and music theater director, is to be the new VP of artistic planning for the Utah Symphony | Utah Opera. The organization cites his past consultancies and affiliations with the major orchestras of Colorado, Minnesota, and … » Read

Shanghai-born conductor Yue Bao is the Houston Symphony’s new assistant conductor, a promotion after two years as fellow. She arrived at the orchestra two years studying under and assisting Yannick Nézet-Séguin, among other … » Read

Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho’s Vista had its belated-due-to-the-pandemic world premiere last May at the Helsinki Philharmonic before making the rounds to the Berlin and Oslo philharmonics. Susanna Mälkki conducted them all, so it … » Read

The San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra (SBSO), one of California’s oldest professional ensembles, recently received a $2 million gift, the largest in its 93-year-old history, from the Paramo family. “We were overwhelmed with the … » Read

The San Diego Symphony is on the ascent these days, financially and arguably artistically healthier than ever in its 110-year history. It helps that in 2002 it received $120 million, said to be the largest single gift ever made to an orchestra. … » Read

By the time he was nine, composer Mark-Anthony Turnage realized he was not cut out to be for football (the Brits’ term for soccer). “The trouble is, I was hopeless,” he recalls. “I had zero ability.” Sport’s … » Read

Though Arvo Pärt enjoys mainstream popularity that has only escalated as he has turned 86, the Sunday afternoon retrospective concert at the Metropolitan Museum of Art shows how much this Estonian composer remains an artistic voice as … » Read

Graham Parker, who apparently exited his job as president of Decca Records, U.S., as of July 1, is to serve as interim executive director of the Louisville Orchestra. He steps into the vacancy left by Robert Massey, who left in May 2020 after one … » Read