With the exception of the New York Phil, which plays up the road, Carnegie Hall is the place to catch the “Big Five” when they are in town. Last week it was the Cleveland Orchestra opening Carnegie’s new season , and October 15 … » Read

The New York and Hong Kong philharmonics’ Music Director Jaap van Zweden has won not one but two awards in the last 24 hours. Today, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw announced him as the winner of its 2020 Concertgebouw Prize, given to musicians … » Read

On Oct. 13 the border between San Diego and Tijuana, among the most politically charged spaces in North America, was the site of a performance by Choir!Choir!Choir! The Toronto-based group, founded by Canadian artists Daveed Goldman and Nobu … » Read

Virtually the same day that Anne-Sophie Mutter received the 2019 Praemium Imperiale International Arts Award of 15 million yen (c. $141,000) from Imperial Highness Prince Hitachi, that  Jaap van Zweden was recognized both for his work with … » Read

By the end of this year, New York’s powerhouse public radio station WNYC plans to remove John Schaefer’s New Sounds , the “go to” program for new and unusual music for nearly four decades, from its airwaves and streaming … » Read

LOS ANGELES – While Broadway musicals are not altogether unfamiliar territory for Los Angeles Opera—one of its earliest productions was Oklahoma!— neither are they regularly seen in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. But when you … » Read

Opera singer Plácido Domingo on Tuesday spoke of his joy over a forthcoming Moscow concert as the famed Spanish tenor faces multiple sexual harassment claims. Giving a press conference at Russia's TASS state news agency, Domingo … » Read

Celebrating its centennial next summer, the Salzburg Festival has been chosen Festival of the Year for the 2020 Musical America International Directory of the Performing Arts. Only once before has an institution, rather than an artist, been … » Read

With their latest gift of $14.6 million—being announced from the stage tonight—Joan and Sanford I. Weill and their family foundation will hit a total of $100 million in cumulative gifts to Carnegie Hall. Sanford Weill, retired chief … » Read

Students at the Frederick Bremer School in Walthamstow, East London, are proving the value of music in enhancing academic and social growth. Upon entering their seventh year, each student receives a violin, viola, or flute and free music lessons … » Read