Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España (OCNE) has named Kent Nagano to succeed David Afkham as its chief conductor and artistic director ( director titular y artístico ) as of September 2026, when Afkham, in the job seven years, makes … » Read

Barbara Hannigan and Bertrand Chamayou’s December 12 recital, at the Park Avenue Armory’s Veterans Room, lasted just 75 intermission-less minutes but was so thoroughly satisfying that it felt like the most sumptuous of feasts. The … » Read

Recent New York appearances by the Berlin Philharmonic and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra offered Alex Ross, The New Yorker’s classical music critic, an opportunity to compare and contrast the two ensembles and their lustrous conductors. … » Read

Arlene Croce, who established a reputation as both the most revered and most feared dance critic at The New Yorker from 1973 to 1996, died on Dec. 16 in Johnston, R.I. “No one has ever described dance in the movies the way she does,” … » Read

The third year of the partnership between San Francisco Ballet (SFB) and Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAM) will yield a large-scale curtain drop for the War Memorial Opera House stage, commissioned from Bay Area artist Ranu Mukherjee, Dean … » Read

LONDON—The late Sir Andrew Davis (1944-2024) achieved household name status as an avuncular figurehead for the Last Nights of the Proms over several decades. Known for his wit as well as his craft, from 1989 to 2000 he was chief conductor … » Read

The musicians of the Adelphi Quartet have decided to disband after seven years of playing together. Violinists Maxime Michaluk (Belgium) and Esther Agusti Matabosch (Spain),  British violist Adam Newmanb, and German cellist Nepomuk Braun … » Read

On Jan. 1, 2025, Robert Suttman will succeed Sara Cutler as president of Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians. Cutler has led the union since August of 2023. Suttman, who ran unopposed, is a trombonist who has played in 95 Broadway … » Read

Wisconsin Conservatory of Music (WCM), the state’s largest independent non-profit music school, currently claiming 10,000 students of all ages and skill levels, is celebrating its 125 th anniversary. As such, Milwaukee’s Mayor … » Read

NEW DELHI (AP) — Zakir Hussain, one of India’s most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced tabla to global audiences, died on Sunday. He was 73. The Indian classical music icon died from idiopathic pulmonary … » Read