The San Antonio Philharmonic, which a bit more than a year ago signed a much- ballyhooed agreement with the Scottish Rite fraternal order to take an ownership stake in its downtown building as a permanent home, was asked to exit the building by … » Read

German conductor Christian Blex ,  winner of the 2025 Karajan Young Conductors Award at the Salzburg Festival, is to be principal guest conductor of the Malmö Symphony Orchestra (MSO) for three seasons, starting next September. Blex, … » Read

CHICAGO-- The Perfect Tuba , the latest book by veteran journalist Sam Quinones, is the perfect book for those days when the weight of the world makes it hard to get out of bed. A few years ago, Quinones was feeling that weight. As a reporter for … » Read

A presumably well-intentioned tribute to the late tenor Luciano Pavarotti in Pesaro, a coastal city in the Marche region of Italy where he had a home, has left his widow Nicoletta Mantovani and family members “disappointed, angry and … » Read

There appears to be a cross-continent desire to play as many pianos in one space simultaneously as possible. If composer Georg Frederick Haas’s call for 50 in his 11,000 strings (performed last fall at the Armory) , seemed excessive, a … » Read

The success of Fedora at the Metropolitan Opera two years ago with Sonya Yoncheva and Piotr Beczala made the prospect of another opera by Umberto Giordano with the same pairing a tempting one, and not just because of their star power. Fedora , … » Read

The L.A. Philharmonic has secured additional funds that will enable the continuation of the YOLA program in East Los Angeles at the Torres site for the remainder of the school year. The orchestra had recently announced that rising costs in … » Read

German-Colombian conductor Anna Handler is having a banner year. Having recently made her subscription debut with the Boston Symphony, of which she is assistant conductor, she started a new job this fall as Kappelmeister of the Deutsche Oper … » Read

Élider DiPaula began his tenure as the executive director of Project STEP this past Nov. 6, succeeding Josué González, the new VP of education and external engagement for the Boston Symphony Orchestra as of last May. The … » Read

There’s a particular magic to Santa Fe Opera’s open-air setting in summer. It was under that spell of sound and space that I first heard Iván López Reynoso last August. He led a Bohème that had an emotional pull … » Read