On Aug. 31, Kent Nagano will depart the Montreal Symphony Orchestra after 14 years as music director. He arrived on the heels of the tumultuous 25-year reign of Charles Dutoit, who  resigned in 2002 upon learning that his musicians were to … » Read

Marty Camino is the new executive director of the Center for the Arts in Jackson, WY. He succeeds David Rothman who resigned in March after a year in the job. Camino, who first relocated to Jackson Hole in 2013 to work for the Grand Teton Music … » Read

MONTREAL -- Music lovers streamed into an airport parking lot, socially distancing in cars to listen to the Montreal Symphony Orchestra play Beethoven, Ravel, and Mozart in between flights taking off. "I normally spend a lot of time either in … » 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

Halfway through this most unusual summer, the new releases keep coming. Below is a selection of highlights, including Mahler symphonies, choral rarities, and plenty of anniversary-year Beethoven. June 5 Mahler : Symphony No. 7 Minnesota Orchestra … » Read

On Aug. 11, the second edition of Philadelphia’s All City Orchestra Summer Academy (ACOSA) concludes when the Mann Center’s Facebook page posts the students’ performance of the “Farandole” movement from Bizet’s … » Read

Joe Gentry McKaughan, Vice President of Public Affairs at Lincoln Center for some 30 years, died on May 15, 2020, at a hospice in Griffin, GA, his hometown. After he retired from LincInc in the late 1980s/early 90s, he moved back to Griffin, … » Read

The classical music world of Los Angeles lost one of its most devoted and generous patrons when Warner Henry died on Aug. 8 at 82. Henry and his wife Carol supported, among other organizations, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles … » Read

Thursday evening, in a long and detailed email to the school’s alumni, Curtis Institute President and CEO Roberto Diaz outlined a radical restructuring of staff.   “I have contemplated a new structure for some time to better … » Read

While the majority of this year’s summer festivals either pulled back to a handful of chamber concerts or recycled content from previous years, the Salzburg Summer Festival showed considerable grit and determination by announcing a … » Read