At a moment when many artists, conductors, and other leaders in the classical music universe are taking strong stands on contemporary social and political issues—from #BlackLivesMatter to #MeToo to any number of global hot spots—one … » Read

Elena Dubinets, recent  chief artistic officer of the Atlanta Symphony , onetime  Musical America Top 30 Mover and Shaper, highly regarded musicologist, author, and lecturer, is to be the London Philharmonic’s artistic director, … » Read

Marc Baylin, who  announced his decision to wind down Baylin Artists Management last year just one month before the pandemic struck, has been hired as artistic advisor and programming consultant by the Annenberg Center for the Performing … » Read

With only 50 percent of its usual offerings, the six-week Tanglewood Music Festival will kick off July 10 with an all-Beethoven program including the Fifth Symphony, a nod to the Festival’s original opening concert in 1937, since the event … » Read

Patrick Castillo, who describes himself as “a composer, performer, writer, and educator,” has been hired by the New York Philharmonic as VP of artistic planning. He has been consulting for the orchestra under his predecessor, Isaac … » Read

Springtime brings renewal and rejuvenation, even to a hard-hit recording industry. Below is a selection of recent releases, from British orchestral rarities to a diva recital to a solo-piano tribute to frontline workers in the pandemic. March 5 … » Read

The death of Lois Kirschenbaum on March 27 deprived the Metropolitan Opera of one of its most devoted fans. Beginning in the late 1950s, she became a regular fixture, usually watching the onstage drama from the upper balcony through oversized … » Read

At times the death of local newspapers can seem inexorable, as buyers with no interest in the companies purchase them, layoff most of the reporters, and sell the real estate. Such appeared to be the fate of the Baltimore Sun when Alden Global … » Read

The LA Opera Orchestra has just received an extraordinary compliment, in the form of an immediate $5 million gift that will also function as a challenge grant from local philanthropists and longtime patrons Terri and Jerry Kohl. It is their … » Read

In classical music’s latest answer to the experimental March 27 rock concert in Barcelona , which sold (out) all 5,000 seats, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouworkest will perform in its storied hall on April 16 under the baton of Paavo … » Read