Helgi Tomasson, artistic director and principal choreographer of San Francisco Ballet (SFB) since 1985, has announced his intention to step aside by June 2022. "Despite or perhaps because of the year we all lived through together, the Company has … » Read

After nearly a year’s absence, Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) Music Director Andris Nelsons is returning to the Symphony Hall podium this month to lead a series of recordings to be released on consecutive Thursdays in February on BSO NOW, … » Read

South American conductor Rafael Payare, an alumnus of Venezuela’s famed El Sistema program and current music director of the San Diego Symphony, is to be the next music director of the Orchestre Symphonique of Montréal (OSM), … » Read

On Jan. 6 the Chinese classical music licensing, subscription, and education services company Kuke Music Holding announced terms for its IPO (initial public offering). In 2019, the Beijing-based company, founded in 2017, was China’s largest … » Read

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