Raymond Leppard, an early-music advocate who ultimately broadened his interest and expertise, died on October 22 in Indianapolis, IN, his adopted home after serving as the Indianapolis Symphony’s music director for 14 years (1987-2001). He … » Read

Orange County’s Segerstrom Center for the Arts—a multi-venue complex that is home to the Pacific Symphony, Philharmonic Society of Orange County, Pacific Chorale—has named Casey Reitz, current executive director of New … » Read

Two recent podium events are reminders that a night at the symphony can sometimes offer more than just great music. On Oct. 19, a performance by the Idaho Falls Symphony came to an abrupt halt when it became apparent that maestro Thomas Heuser … » Read

California’s Edgerton Foundation has contributed $4 million to the Los Angles Philharmonic to support the new Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen YOLA (Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles) Center at Inglewood . Slated to open in fall 2020, the … » Read

The Metropolitan Opera’s record of performing pre-Mozart operas is pretty slight and is likely to remain so until it finds an appropriate smaller venue. Even so, the lack of an ideal venue is not an excuse for ignoring this segment of the … » Read

LOS ANGELES – While Esa-Pekka Salonen is going to the San Francisco Symphony next fall, he remains the conductor laureate of his longtime orchestra to the south, the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Indeed, whenever Salonen revisits the band … » Read

WNYC has responded to pressure from its local community, and especially its new music community, and cancelled all plans to drop New Sounds . The program, hosted by John Schaefer since its inception 37 years ago, will remain on the air at its 11 … » Read

Conductor Zubin Mehta took the stage in Tel Aviv on Sunday for an emotional final performance as music director of the Israel Philharmonic, retiring after 50 years with the orchestra. The 83-year-old, who underwent treatment for a cancerous tumor … » Read

For those who think of countertenor Iestyn Davies as the flamboyant castrato of Broadway’s recent Farinelli and the King , or as the high-pitched hypochondriac party guest in last year’s Met staging of Thomas Adès’s The … » Read

PARIS--Top architect Jean Nouvel is suing one of his former clients, the Philharmonie concert hall in Paris, in a dispute over the cost of building the venue, which opened in 2015. In a complaint filed in the Paris court on October 14, his … » Read