The Boston Symphony Orchestra announces its 2020 Tanglewood season today, inclusive of programming at the Tanglewood Learning Institute, much of it complementary. Seasonal focal points are Beethoven’s 250 th and Isaac Stears’s 100th … » Read

Yuval Sharon, MacArthur Fellow, much admired and inventive opera director, is to serve as interim artistic advisor of the Long Beach Opera, putting together the 2021 season, including all artistic personnel. He will also direct one of the … » Read

LONDON—The Barbican Center got two dudes for the price of one during a three-night residency by the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Gustavo Dudamel kicked off on Nov. 18 with the London premiere of John Adams’s piano concerto Must the Devil … » Read

Tyshawn Sorey, an acclaimed jazz drummer, is Opera Philadelphia’s composer in residence, effective immediately. Identified by OP as “a multi-instrumentalist, improviser, composer, ensemble leader, and conductor assimilating and … » Read

The BBC Concert Orchestra has appointed Finnish conductor Anna-Maria Helsing as its new principal guest conductor. Unlike the recent crop of podium women, Helsing has honed her craft over a significant period of time, having made her debut at the … » Read

Columbia Artists has signed several string players of late. Most recent is Philippe Quint [pictured] for general management; Quint is a New Yorker of Russian origin with a Juilliard pedigree and 18 recordings to his credit. He has performed with … » Read

ASHGABAT (Turkmenistan)--Reclusive Turkmenistan staged its first foreign opera on Tuesday, nearly 19 years after the Central Asian country's founding president banned the art form as "incompatible with Turkmen mentality." A state theater in the … » Read

Apart from the Best Orchestral Performance nominations, the names among the 2020 Classical Grammy award contenders, announced this morning, are not limited to the Usual Suspects. The awards will be broadcast by CBS on January 26, although … » Read

It is not unheard of for the singer of King Marke to win highest honors in a performance of Tristan und Isolde  It happened in 1981 when Matti Salminen made his Metropolitan Opera debut in James Levine’s first performance of the opera … » Read

MILAN-- Alexander Pereira doesn’t start his new job as superintendent of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino until December 16, but on Monday, he held a press conference unveiling his ambitious first program for it, along with a significant hike in … » Read