The United Kingdom’s imminent exit from the European Union is necessitating a re-evaluation of where the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) and other U.K. orchestras may tour in the coming years. A recent survey of 1,462 classical music … » Read

A political spectacle can be counted on to attract all sorts looking to benefit financially, whether from selling buttons and other souvenirs to producing newspapers and more current forms of media. The impeachment of a president is a rara avis … » Read

The greatest operas are those in which outstanding music is wed to a powerful, poetic libretto. Contemporary examples include John Adams’s work with Alice Goodman ( Nixon in China , The Death of Klinghoffer ), or George Benjamin’s … » Read

Russian-born pianist and conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy is retiring from public performance. The 82-year-old maestro first gained public notice at the 1955 International Chopin  Piano Competition in Warsaw, where he won the silver medal. He … » Read

PARIS — Striking musicians and singers of the Paris Opera staged an open-air concert on Saturday in front of the city's historic opera house in protest against a pension reform that seeks to end their special retirement scheme. Orchestra … » Read

Yet another good news story has emerged about the happy outcome of inner city school children receiving musical training that they would not otherwise have access to. This one comes on the heels of the Governor of Texas’s attempt last week … » Read

Barry Tuckwell, foremost French horn virtuoso of the 20 th century, founding music director of the Maryland Symphony and the Tasmanian Symphony in his native Australia, died on January 16 in a hospital in Melbourne. He was 88 and suffered from … » Read

Daniel Harding, just on the heels of a guest podium appearance with the New York Philharmonic, will take a year’s sabbatical from conducting to focus on his other career, as a pilot. (He earned his license about four years ago.) The music … » Read

The Grammys will go on as planned next week, but the organization that presides over and in some cases decides them, is in crisis. Having responded to former Recording Academy President Neil Portnow’s much publicized comment in 2017 that … » Read

Even with having secured $7.25 million in private monies to help stabilize its finances, the Baltimore Symphony is still at the bottom of Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s list for a promised $1.6 million from the state. His attempt to block … » Read