Leave it to Annie Burridge, Austin Opera’s general director and CEO, to invent the title “Chief Producing Officer”—a new one on me and perhaps to the field. The new post, designed to connect production to programming to … » Read

Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero has some strong words to share about the plans for the U.S. State Department to funnel $57 million of American tax payer’s dollars to the Fundación Musical Simón Bolívar, known more … » Read

David Chan, former concertmaster of the MET Orchestra , is to step down as chair of the Orchestral Performance Program (OP) at Manhattan School of Music (MSM) and be succeeded by David Krauss, principal trumpet in the Met pit and currently on the … » Read

Markus Hinterhäuser, artistic director of the Salzburg Festival until forced out last March , has been awarded the 2026 Austrian Music Theatre Prize. The 68-year-old pianist and artistic manager receives the Grand Jury Prize on September 8 … » Read

“Come in great numbers to witness such entertainments as no one has ever seen, nor ever shall see again,” touted an admirer of Antonio Cesti’s Il Pomo d’Oro when it was finally premiered in Vienna in 1668. This festa … » Read

Thomas W. Dinsmore, a Wharton-educated accountant and classically-trained violinist, brings a unique perspective when examining the chaotic state of affairs at the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO). The surprise announcement last March that BSO … » Read

With the contract between the Boston Symphony Orchestra and its musicians set to expire at midnight on Sunday, Aug. 23, BSO management announced during the afternoon that the players had agreed to a 48-hour extension of the contract, through … » Read

On Aug. 20 the management of The Kennedy Center submitted a status report with Judge Christopher R. Cooper, who is presiding over the lawsuit between the arts center and Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), an ex-officio member of its board. The report … » Read

HOLLYWOOD, CA—Up until Tuesday morning August 18, it looked as if the beleaguered National Symphony Orchestra’s debut in the historic Hollywood Bowl that evening would be just a brief respite from the cascade of ominous news looming … » Read

Lenox, MA—The musicians of the Boston Symphony Orchestra have unanimously voted to authorize the first strike in the orchestra’s history. The contract expires at 11:59 PM on Sunday August 23, 2026. “In spite of the turmoil of … » Read