Cuban-American composer Tania León, 78, has won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Music for her 15-minute work Stride , premiered by The New York Philharmonic on Feb. 2020, one of the orchestra’s Project 19 commissions of as many works by … » Read

Despite more than a year of lockdowns and quarantines, the recording industry has managed to stay the course, issuing newly recorded performances as well as pre-pandemic inventory. Here are a few selections from the recent past and near future. … » Read

These days the Small Business Administration (SBA) is looking more and more like the gang that can’t shoot straight . Charged with disbursing $16bn of federal relief under the Small Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) program, which was enacted … » Read

Universal Music Group (UMG) has agreed to a strategic global alliance with independent music company [Integral], [PIAS]’s recently rebranded international distribution network. The deal commits UMG to providing undisclosed funds in return … » Read

Assuming FCC approval, Northeast Indiana Public Radio (NIPR) will sell 94.1-FM, WBNI, to Taylor University Broadcasting Inc. (TUBI) later this summer. The FM station currently broadcasts classical music.  TUBI owns a Christian music station; … » Read

The Metropolitan Opera says a positive $31 million on its latest tax return is mostly money pledged for future seasons that the company has not yet received. The company’s tax return, released Thursday, showed revenue fell by $13 million … » Read

The Louisiana Philharmonic, which self-defines as “the only full-time collaboratively governed and operated orchestra in the United States,” has named Philadelphia native Anwar Nasir [pictured] to be its next executive director. The … » Read

The variety of offerings in the just announced 2021–22 season for Cal Performances befits a major university known for its diversity of interests. Presentations include theater, dance, and music of all kinds, from chamber and orchestral … » Read

From July 2 thru August 13 the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) will present its summer series of concerts, featuring a free Fourth of July performance at Sigmund Stern Grove. Beginning on July 10, the SFS will perform five Saturday night concerts at … » Read

It’s been a month since Semperoper Dresden extended the contract of Peter Theile r, its current artistic director, through the end of 2023-24. Wednesday, as if to ensure that he would not stay beyond that time, it named Nora Schmid, 42, as … » Read