On June 26 the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) will perform a free concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall, the venue’s first live performance in over a year. “It’s been an exercise in organizational agility and … » Read

CINCINNATI—“Singing is back,” posters for the May Festival exclaimed—a sentiment echoed by conductor Robert Porco on stage Friday evening. After cancelling all activities in 2020, the country’s oldest choral festival … » Read

Anyone leaving a concert at Philadelphia’s Mann Center, or simply going for a walk in the surrounding Fairmount Park, would be well-advised to download the app , put on their headphones, and get ready to enjoy Pulitzer Prize-winning … » Read

German conductor Anja Bihlmaier is succeed Nicholas Collon as of August 1 as chief conductor of the Residentie Orkest The Hague. She will also maintain her post as principal guest conductor of the Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Recent guest … » Read

The appropriately named Egmont Trio has won first prize at the “Beethoven in His Time” Competition for historical performance practice in Siegburg, Germany. The trio, formed in 2019, includes violinist Luiza Labouriau, cellist Martin … » Read

CHICAGO--The concert was short, but savoring the moment could not have been sweeter. Last weekend, for the first time in more than 14 months, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra was back onstage at Symphony Center playing for a live audience. Given … » Read

She may be just 22, but New Zealand-born, U.S.-domiciled violinist Geneva Lewis is clearly one to watch. The recipient of a 2021 Avery Fisher Career Grant and winner of the Grand Prize at the 2020 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition, … » Read

Mezzo-soprano Erin Wagner, a Manhattan School graduate working on her master’s degree at the Juilliard School, won the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation's 2021 International Vocal Competition, which concluded May 27. The Texas native takes home … » Read

Cellist and conductor Eric Jacobsen, founding artistic director of The Knights, is to be the next music director of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra. He succeeds JoAnn Falletta, the orchestra’s Music Director Laureate who stepped down in … » Read

Few classical music leaders navigated the travails of the coronavirus pandemic more adroitly than John Gilhooly , the 47-year-old general director of Wigmore Hall. Over the past year, the 540-seat London theater, arguably the most important … » Read