There can be little doubt they broke the mold when they made Meredith Monk. Still going strong at 76, the American composer, vocalist, filmmaker, and choreographer is unique, an artist who has been strutting her stuff since the 1960s and cut her … » Read

MILAN--An event as self-consciously conspicuous as Beijing’s first China International Piano Competition was always bound to court controversy. When 18-year-old Canadian Tony Siqi Yun won the first prize of $150,000, commentators suggested … » Read

American violinist Stella Chen, 26, has won the 2019 International Queen Elisabeth Grand Prize—Queen Mathilde Prize, worth €25,000 and numerous concerts in Belgium and abroad. She will also have the use of the “Huggins” … » Read

The U.K. has a new minister for arts, heritage, and tourism. As part of a cabinet reshuffle, Rebecca Pow, the Conservative MP for Taunton Deane, has been tapped to replace Michael Ellis, in the job since January 2018. Ellis will now become … » Read

When a conference panel is stacked with likeminded people who largely agree on everything, things can quickly turn dull or self-promotional. At the May 15-19 Classical:NEXT conference in Rotterdam, the best of the discussions avoided this trap. … » Read

Thierry Fischer has opted not to renew his contract as music director of the Utah Symphony when it expires in August 2022. At that point, he will have been in the job 13 years, after having turned the orchestra around artistically and raised its … » Read

When Disney Hall, the Frank Gehry-designed home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, opened 16 years ago, it signaled a new level of ambition for the orchestra and held out the potential for transforming the surrounding Grand Avenue neighborhood. As … » Read

TEL AVIV, Israel — When Zubin Mehta joined the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in 1969, it would be 20 years before Lahav Shani was even born. Now, at the age of 30, the Israeli wunderkind is  poised to succeed his mentor at the helm of … » Read

The New York Philharmonic is winding up its current season with a series of concerts provocatively titled “Music of Conscience.” Featuring works by composers responding to political tyranny (Beethoven and Shostakovich on this first … » Read

Leonora Thomson, managing director of the Welsh National Opera, is to step down on July 1, as Aidan Lang takes over as general director . Lang arrives after four years in the top job at the Seattle Opera. “In February of last year, … » Read