Russian conductor Tugan Sokhiev is to remain at the helm of the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse through 2021; previously he signed a four-year contract in 2016. He has been at the orchestra’s helm since 2008; the 42-year-old … » Read

Manhattan’s newest chic, multimillion-dollar arts venue, the Shed, located in Manhattan's newest chic, multibillion-dollar vertical mall, Hudson Yards, has hired another Brit to helm its artistic team. Joining artistic director and chief … » Read

A new report from the Elbphilharmonie reveals impressive results for the new venue and its adjacent plaza. During the third, 2018-2019 season, the Elbphilharmonie claims to have received 3.6 million guests—904,000 people attended 731 events … » Read

Abbey Simon, an American pianist who considered himself lucky because “I had always known I was a pianist,” died on Dec. 18 in his Geneva home. He was 99. Beginning in the 1940s, Simon established a reputation as a recitalist of the … » Read

Austrian culture officials have taken action in response to the  report issued last week that the ballet academy of the Vienna Statsoper had failed to correct previously found evidence of abuse of its young students. Specifically, the … » Read

Cox Communications, the No. 3 cable provider, has lost a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit filed by the RIAA on behalf of its members, including EMI, Warner Music Group, Sony Music and Universal Music. The labels claimed Cox had … » Read

As previously reported , the U.S. Department of Justice accused Live Nation of violating a 2010 government settlement that enabled its controversial, $889-million merger with Ticketmaster and of coercing venues to use Ticketmaster over other … » Read

The world’s best-selling classical musician lives in a 17th-century chateau with 27 bedrooms and a butterfly house. Last year, the Dutch violinist and conductor André Léon Marie Nicolas Rieu sold more than 40 million DVDs and … » Read

A vibrant 95-year-old, 4-foot, 8-inch tall Rosalind Cron is one of only two survivors of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, America’s first racially integrated, all-girl swing band. In its heyday during the early 1940s, the band … » Read

Following are a few highlights of China’s musical year: At least three new venues opened Shangyin Opera House , a government-funded facility affiliated with the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, opened in October with  La finta … » Read