When your father and sister are both accomplished lawyers, and your mother is only the second woman ever appointed to the U. S. Supreme Court, you are almost fated to follow in their footsteps. Jim Ginsberg certainly thought so when he enrolled … » Read

On Oct. 29, Russian conductor Alexander Vedernikov fell victim to Covid-19; he was 56. Born on Jan. 11, 1964, he studied at the Moscow Conservatory before taking his first job at Moscow’s Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Theater. … » Read

We will be updating this list weekly. Please note that all times are given in U.S. Eastern Time (ET). To calculate in other time zones or counties, British Summer Time (BST) is currently five hours ahead of ET and Central European Time (CET) is … » Read

To the list of key music business executives announcing their retirements in the Covid-19 year of 2020, add the name Margaret M. Lioi, Chamber Music America’s CEO. CMA announced on Friday afternoon that she would be stepping down after 20 … » Read

Liza Stepanova 's identity as a pianist goes beyond interpreting a legacy of glorious repertoire from the past for the present: Her sensors are continually alert to the ways in which freshly created music can help us make sense of the situations … » Read

Tense in the best of times, relationships between arts-organization managers and the unions representing their employees are being severely tested by the coronavirus pandemic. While the Kennedy Center and the Metropolitan Opera as well as … » Read

In August, German researchers invited several thousand people to attend a series of simulated concerts in Leipzig to test the efficacy of social distancing, mask wearing, and other techniques aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus. … » Read

Toward the end of his life, Richard Wagner told his wife he believed his works would be “dropped” after his death, that he would “live on in human memory only as a phantom.” This from a musician whose influence on art, … » Read

LOS ANGELES (AP) — From the beloved opening lines of Leonard Cohen's “Hallelujah” to the rousing, children's-choir conclusion of the Rolling Stones' “You Can't Always Get What You Want,” President Donald Trump's … » Read

On Oct. 29 Stephen Shipps, a former violin professor at the University of Michigan (UM), was arrested and charged with two counts of transporting a minor girl across state lines with the intent to engage in sexual conduct. His alleged crimes … » Read