The Portland (OR) Opera has announced the exit of its longtime Music Director, George Manahan. The move appears to be immediate; he is not scheduled to conduct any of its three productions next season. Manahan, 69, also just left his post at the … » Read

The San Antonio Symphony (SAS), which flirted with death as recently as 2018 , is once again struggling to mount a sustainable 2021-22 season. A rumored 50 percent cut in the base salary of $35,774 to $17,710 for the ensemble’s musicians … » Read

Four conductors will take part in the Los Angeles Philharmonic 2021-22 Dudamel Fellowship Program. The Fellows—François López-Ferrer, Chloé van Soeterstède, Camilo Téllez, and Enluis Montes … » Read

Apple has acquired Primephonic, the four-year-old Netherlands-based classical music streaming service .  The tech behemoth’s plans call for the launch, at some as-yet-undetermined time, of a dedicated Apple Music Classical experience, … » Read

Tobias Kratzer’s bold, imaginative production of Tannhäuser , which opened here in 2019 to mostly positive reviews, was revived this season with a few changes reflecting, and reflecting on, the Covid environment. As before, … » Read

Panic was the operative word for many in the classical music world when the pandemic shut down their industry in March 2020. “I lost all of my work," recalls violinist Jennifer Koh. "It was not good times." At one point she had to rely on … » Read

AFM Local 802 has accused the New York City Ballet of using the pandemic as an excuse to not pay a fair wage to its orchestra while the company was shuttered.  The union, in a letter to City Ballet Executive Director Katherine E. Brown, … » Read

The Curtis Institute of Music has accepted Gary Graffman's resignation. After discussions with school administrators, the 92-year-old pianist and former director and president is no longer on the faculty of the storied institution. Graffman lives … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — There’s a woman who has seen the play Pass Over multiple times in just a few days. She sat with the audience one night, returned another day to stand at the back of the theater and once stayed backstage for an entire … » Read

Li Xincao, chief conductor of the China National Symphony Orchestra (CNSO) since 2018 and its vice president since 2019, has been named the orchestra’s president by the Ministry of Culture & Tourism. He fills a post vacated by Zhang Yi … » Read