There’s something eerily fitting about Esa-Pekka Salonen’s arrival this fall as music director of the San Francisco Symphony. At a time when the coronavirus pandemic has turned the classical music world inside out and upside down, the … » Read

Bolshoi Theater Director Vladimir Urin is calling for temporary closure of the company, due to the rapidly rising number of Covid-19 cases, according to France Musique . Like all arts organizations, the Bolshoi is suffering from severe financial … » Read

The Curtis Institute has appointed alumna Michelle Cann to the inaugural Eleanor Sokoloff Chair in Piano Studies, named in honor of the legendary teacher who passed away in July at age 106, after serving on Curtis’s faculty for 84 years. … » Read

Since the start of the pandemic, chorus members of the Israeli Opera of Tel Aviv-Jaffa have been furloughed. Now the 62 singers are fearful that management is about to lay them off. Negotiations between the two sides recently broke down. … » Read

British soprano Mary Bevan pulls no punches when discussing her government’s relief efforts during the pandemic. “Why have musicians been left out in the cold?” the headline of her recent opinion piece in The Guardian asks. … » Read

BECKET, Mass. (AP) — A fire at the renowned Jacob's Pillow dance center in Massachusetts destroyed a theater building early Tuesday, but no one was hurt. The fire at the Doris Duke Theatre was reported at about 7 a.m., Becket Fire Chief … » Read

The 2021 Musical America International Directory of the Performing Arts is a major departure from the version that first appeared in 1961—and every year since--with Leonard Bernstein on the cover as Musician of the Year. For one thing, … » Read

The Baltimore Symphony has enlisted James Conlon, among the most credentialled American conductors working today, to serve as its artistic advisor. He starts next fall, succeeding Marin Alsop, who exits as music director at the end of this … » Read

The recent and ongoing controversy surrounding public statues, particularly those devoted to Confederate worthies, has focused almost entirely on what should be removed. Meanwhile, we pay little attention to what might be added to our landscape … » Read

Linda Marks had been with HarrisonParrott for nearly 40 years when she stepped down in June of 2019 from the key position of executive vice chairman. She has recently resurfaced with her own, London-based agency, Linda Marks Classical Music … » Read