The New York Philharmonic’s first live performances for audiences in over a year will take place not with their music director on the podium but with musicians' favorite Esa-Pekka Salonen leading small-ensembles. Repertoire is Arvo … » Read

As the classical music world in the U.K. cautiously begins to contemplate life after the pandemic, a critic asks, “What can we expect from our opera houses and orchestras?” While acknowledging that the end may be in sight, Ancrew … » Read

Mills College, home to the Center for Contemporary Music, alma mater to Steve Reich, Dave Brubeck, and Laurie Anderson, creative home to John Cage, Pauline Oliveros, Anthony Braxton, and other contemporary composer icons, has announced that it … » Read

Over the past decade the explosion of streaming services has transformed how we listen to music, with compact-disc sales declining by 97 percent since 2000. As anyone who has explored classical music streaming can tell you, mainline services like … » Read

Bronx Arts Ensemble, nearing 50 years of bringing performances and teaching artists into Bronx public schools, has named Judith Insell as its executive director. Insell, a professional violist born and raised in the city’s much-maligned … » Read

Benjamin Sosland, interim dean and director of the Music Division at the Juilliard School, is to be the next provost and dean of the New England Conservatory, effective July 5. He succeeds Thomas Novak, a 20-year NEC veteran who holds the title … » Read

Yuval Sharon, Michigan Opera Theater’s new artistic director, is wasting no time in revolutionizing the company. MOT has announced his first, 2021-22 season, highlighted by atypical fare such as Robert Xavier Rodríguez and Migdalia … » Read

China removed restrictions on hall capacity on March 15 th ,  thus paving the way for performance venues to sell all seats.  Guidelines issued by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism indicate that local authorities, and the venues … » Read

Silkroad, founded by cellist Yo-Yo Ma 21 years ago, has received a $3mn “transformational” grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Artistic Director Rhiannon Giddens called the monies “hugely meaningful at a time during … » Read

Kenneth Cooper, harpsichordist, pianist, and musicologist revered especially among Baroque music circles, died at age 79 on March 13 in Manhattan. As a performer, Cooper combined scrupulous musicianship and articulate technique with an … » Read