A field trip last October to a Philadelphia Orchestra rehearsal proved an especially happy occasion for one 16-year-old high school student. Diagnosed last March with leukemia, Kyle Levy was looking forward to getting a break from his draining … » Read

Der Rosenkavalier  returned to the Metropolitan Opera on Friday evening (Dec. 13) bringing with it two World War I-vintage cannons implausibly positioned in the reception hall of a Viennese townhouse. It was producer Robert Carsen’s … » Read

The  League of American Orchestras and  OPERA America have informed their memberships and supporters of the latest plans by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which would severely curtail foreign artists from coming to the U.S. … » Read

MILAN--Plácido Domingo received a standing ovation for his 50th-anniversary gala concert at La Scala on Sunday and returned the appreciation with a rare a cappella performance. Standing alone on the stage holding three yellow roses, … » Read

The U.S. Department of Justice is planning a civil action against Live Nation Entertainment, the country’s largest concert promoter. As reported by the Wall Street Journal , the action will accuse the music giant of violating a 2010 … » Read

A recent study in the International Journal of Surgery suggests that listening to classical music played at a low volume reduces stress and enhances relaxation for both doctors and patients during surgery. Researchers from Scotland, Sweden, and … » Read

The Paris Conservatory—Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris (CNSMDP)—has named it first woman director. Émilie Delorme, current director of the Academy at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, is to … » Read

As American conductor David Robertson makes his exit as chief conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra this month, the orchestra announces that his successor will be native daughter Simone Young, effective in 2022. For the year prior, … » Read

At ten, Yannick Nézet-Séguin decided he wanted to be a conductor when he grew up, a decision from which he never wavered. “I was abnormally intense,” he tells an interviewer from The New York Times . “At that … » Read

Mozart was five when he started composing and for a decade his works were firmly in the style of contemporaries like Johann Christian Bach. At the other end of the spectrum is Erich Wolfgang Korngold whose compositional fingerprints were pretty … » Read