The Metropolitan Opera and James Levine have settled their assorted claims and counter claims against one another. Neither side will comment on the terms or on whether any money changed hands. The news emerged Tuesday. "The legal dispute with … » Read

In a pull-no-punches editorial, The Philadelphia Inquirer has weighed in on the Curtis Institute of Music’s response(s) to decades-old allegations of sexual abuse by a revered violin pedagogue. Last month the newspaper reported that in the … » Read

NEW YORK – In 2013, the National Youth Orchestra of the United States (NYO-USA) was born—created at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute to give orchestral training to students ages 16-to-19 from all over the country. In 2013, … » Read

Pavarotti died almost 12 years ago, he has hardly disappeared. A major documentary by the Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard opened this past June to positive reviews, and recordings by the “King of the High Cs” remain popular … » Read

Generating audiences for classical music in the U.S. is a constant challenge. Nostalgia is the primary vehicle for marketing, Sue Elliott (no relation to MA’s editor), the recently named Tanglewood Learning Institute (TLI) Director, tells … » Read

Conductor Leonard Slatkin has responded to Tim Smith’s suggestion last week that Baltimore Symphony Music Director Marin Alsop should step into the fray on the side of the musicians. Slatkin recounts how he had been at the artistic helms of … » Read

Renée Fleming is spreading her wings, adding to her current CV a relaunched opera program at the Aspen Music Festival and School with conductor Patrick Summers, starting in summer 2020. Those interested in applying had best get their ducks … » Read

Gia Kourlas is to move from free-lance to staff dance critic for The New York Times ; she steps into Alastair Macauley’s slot, though minus his moniker as “chief.” Macauley retired in 2018 after 11 years in the job. Kourlas … » Read

The Kanneh-Mason siblings are taking the classical music world by storm. Sister Isata, the oldest at 23, currently has the top selling classical album in the U.K.  Romance: The Piano Music of Clara Schumann. Her brother Sheku, three years … » Read

The Orlando Ballet has issued a list of grievances against the leadership at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, collaborating with the Center’s other two resident groups, the opera and the orchestra, to put together what is … » Read