The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra has tapped Elena Dubinets to be its new artistic director as of May 1, 2025. She succeeds Ulrike Niehoff , in the post since January 2021, and will join Managing Director Dominik Winterling and Director of … » Read

Film music—the ruination or the salvation of classical music? It depends on whom you ask. In an exchange between two of The Telegraph’s columnists, the venerable classical critic Ivan Hewitt has little good to say about the … » Read

Despite being “homeless” while Powell Hall undergoes extensive renovations, the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) enjoyed a successful 2023-2024 season, claiming to reach nearly one million listeners in concert halls, classrooms, … » Read

With topics like “The Silent Musician—Why Conducting Matters,” "Classical Crossover as a particular challenge for conductors," and “What Brahms is trying to tell us…are we listening?,” the International … » Read

Hilary Hahn has withdrawn from all November concerts, including the Berlin Philharmonic U.S. tour . She is being replaced in the Korngold Concerto by Benjamin Beilman in Washington, D.C. and Ann Arbor, MI, and by Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang … » Read

In a press release filled with encomia, OPERA America has announced that longtime CEO Marc Scorca will retire in December of 2025. Thereafter he will be titled "senior fellow," charged with overseeing specific projects. The choice of his … » Read

The recent news that the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony (KWS) can renew operations after an Ontario court annulled its bankruptcy is a victory for the ensemble’s intrepid musicians. “Many of us have built our lives in the community … » Read

The return of Donald Trump to the White House has produced despair on the part of many Americans and world citizens. It becomes easy, and perhaps understandable, to embrace nihilism, where nothing matters and the continuation of tasks that just … » Read

British conductor Alexander Shelley is to succeed Carl St.Clair as music director of the Pacific Symphony as of 2026-27. St.Clair, in the job for an astonishing 35 years—making him the longest-serving American music director of a major U. … » Read

Daniele Rustioni, music director of the Opéra National de Lyon, has been named principal guest conductor of the Metropolitan Opera, only the third in the company’s history. His three-year tenure commences next September, by which … » Read