Early in 2020 after a recording session in Berlin, Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt lost her “best friend,” when movers accidentally dropped and damaged beyond repair her one-of-a-kind F278 Fazioli piano. Although Paolo Fazioli, the … » Read

NEW YORK — Neil Young has become the latest musician to strike gold with his song catalogue, selling a 50 percent stake in his music to a British investment company in a deal announced on Wednesday. The Hipgnosis Songs Fund said it had … » Read

The Recording Grammy, forced to  postpone the Grammy Awards scheduled for January 31, 2021 in Los Angeles, due to the spread of Covid-19, has chosen to move the event to March 14th. That’s also the date of the SAG-AFTRA awards, another … » Read

Metropolitan Opera Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, also music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Orchestre Métropolitain of Montreal, has committed $50,000 as a matching grant--$25,000 each--to the MET … » Read

Things tend to be big in Texas, and that includes the concert halls that host the major orchestras. The Houston Symphony plays in a 2,900-seat house, and both the Fort Worth and Dallas symphonies perform in venues that seat more than 2,000. … » Read

The Villiers Quartet is entering its tenth season of specializing in British music with two new players: Canadian violinist Katie Stillman, replacing first violinist James Dickenson, and Leon Melvin, taking over from cellist Nick Stringfellow. … » Read

Choirs may be silenced for the near future by the pandemic, but there is some light at the end of the tunnel—far off though it may be. In July of 2024, choirs from around the world are scheduled to arrive in Auckland, New Zealand for the 13 … » Read

Rolling Stone has confirmed that the Grammy Awards will not happen as scheduled, on January 31 st . Although it is only the pop winners that are announced on TV—probably remotely this year, as was the case with the Emmy Awards-- the Grammy … » Read

The Houston Symphony, among the few American orchestras performing before a live audience as well as streaming at least one evening of a repeated program, has announced the renewal of Steven Reineke’s contract as principal pops conductor, a … » Read

The Dutch National Opera & Ballet (DNOB) has named Stijn Schoonderwoerd as general director, effective Feb. 1. He succeeds Els van der Plas, who has held the position since 2012. Schoonderwoerd joins with Sophie de Lint, director of Dutch … » Read