London’s Philharmonia Orchestra has chosen another Finn as its next principal conductor. Starting in the 2021-22 season, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, 33, is to succeed Esa-Pekka Salonen for a five-year term. In doing so, he moves up from his … » Read

German conductor Kevin John Edusei [pictured] has moved from Denmark’s Crescendi Agency to England's Intermusica. He has been chief conductor of the Munich Symphony Orchestra since 2014 and this summer concludes his tenure in that same post … » Read

American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA), the union that represents some 7,500 American professional opera singers, choristers, and dancers, has elected a new slate of officers. Each will serve a four-year term. The new president, elected by the … » Read

If you’re someone who just can’t turn off your smart phone wherever you may be, you’ll love the BBC Philharmonic’s new web app called Notes. Beginning next September, audience members seated in a special section of the … » Read

The estate of Harold Arlen is taking Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and other of the  largest tech retailers to court, alleging copyright infringement of some of the songwriter’s most iconic creations, either through streaming or … » Read

ROTTERDAM— For three days ending May 18, some 1,300 people from 45 countries gathered in this city of striking postwar architecture to talk about the future of classical music. It wasn’t a doom-and-gloom affair. The gathering, … » Read

On Thursday, May 16 th , Music of the Americas presented the New York premiere of Claude Vivier’s opera Kopernikus (1979) at Issue Project Room in Downtown Brooklyn. Vivier (1943-1983) was born in Montreal and spent time in the 1970s in … » Read

The Library of Congress is the beneficiary of a recent donation of thousands of items that document the career of Jessye Norman, whom Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden characterized as “one of the most iconic opera singers of the 20th … » Read

Tony Sigi Yun, an 18-year-old Canadian pianist enrolled in the pre-college division of the Juilliard School, has won the China International Music Competition, earning $150,000 and management for three years by Opus 3 Artists in the West and by … » Read

The growth of music streaming services such as Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, and others has done little to advance the availability of classical music. While this genre comprises only 5 percent of the recorded music market, its core audience … » Read