Capping a two-year search, German conductor Jun Märkl [pictured] is to succeed Shao-chia Lü as artistic advisor of the Taiwan Philharmonic as of August 2021. Lü will have been with the orchestra, also known as the National Symphony … » Read

On Nov. 15 the Long Beach Opera will premiere its 2020 Songbook , a 2½ hour-long program of online video performances of twenty newly commissioned works by emerging composers. Star countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo will host the … » Read

Choral singing is the musical exemplar of what not to do during the coronavirus pandemic. Large groups of people assemble in close proximity to one another and sing, often quite loudly. They are, in today’s medical lingo, … » Read

Now in its 60 th consecutive year of launching careers, Young Concert Artists this week has been live screening a group of singers and instrumentalists under the age of 30 chosen to participate in Sunday’s finals in Merkin Concert Hall. As … » Read

On November 4, the musicians of the Vienna Philharmonic, along with Valery Gergiev and pianist Denis Matsuev, arrived in Fukuoka, Japan, greeted at the airport with general good cheer and water-cannon salutes. Though Japan’s concert halls … » Read

In the midst of a viral pandemic and a cratering economy, asking voters to approve a tax dedicated to the support of the arts would seem a fool’s errand. Fortunately, no one told that to a group of Jersey City civic leaders. On Nov. 3, 64 … » Read

Joe Goetz is to succeed Ryan Lohr as music director of Classical MPR. He arrives November 16 after serving for six years as music director of WFIU, the public radio station associated with Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. Lohr, meanwhile, … » Read

Late last summer the time seemed right for saxophonist/composer Hafez Modirzadeh to call for systemic change at the School of Music at San Francisco State University (SFSU). Inspired by the university president’s speech embracing a … » Read

MILAN--Switzerland emerged relatively unscathed from Europe's first wave of Covid-19 last spring. Now that a second wave is ripping through the continent, however, the nation is on the ropes, its health system reportedly close to the saturation … » Read

The Houston Grand Opera (HGO) is cancelling the remainder of its mainstage productions for the 2020–21 season. Live in-person performances will (hopefully) return in the fall of 2021. “We of course want to return to live opera on the … » Read