During the first quarter of 2019, Spotify passed the threshold of 100 million paying subscribers, an increase of 32 percent above the streaming service’s performance a year earlier. Although revenues for the first three months of the year … » Read

Jean Bowen Bloch, longtime chief of the Music Division of the New York Public Library and  director of the Central Research Library at 42 nd Street, died on April 27 in Washington, DC. She was 92 and was a very close friend of the late, … » Read

As the Sun Symphony Orchestra (SSO) prepares to launch its second season, Olivier Ochanine recently sat down with the Vi?t Nam News for an interview. The ensemble’s upbeat music director characterized the SSO’s first year as a … » Read

It takes a lot for a young jazz artist to get noticed. Just ask Musical America’s New Artist of the Month Emmet Cohen. For years, the 28-year-old has been an indefatigable presence on the New York scene, playing piano (he doubles on Hammond … » Read

Aaron C. Doty, longtime staff member of the Washington National Opera, is to be the new VP and general manager of the Grand Rapids Symphony (GRS) as of June. He succeeds Roger D. Nelson, who died suddenly in 2017 at the age of 56. In his new job, … » Read

STRASBOURG—To begin, a question: Why is the technically formidable and musically characterful Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra not a regular recording outfit? Its home, the Palais de la musique et des congrès (PMC), is a venue … » Read

Dumitru Pocitari [pictured], 27, is to be the new co-concertmaster of the Israel Philharmonic. He will share the position with David Radzynski, who moved into the job five years ago at the age of 28. Pocitari has been in the IPO since age 22, … » Read

This year marks the 50 th anniversary of the National Youth Orchestra of Germany (BJO), the nation’s foremost incubator for orchestra hopefuls aged 14 to 19. An astounding 81 percent of the more than 4,000 musicians who have played for the … » Read

MasterVoices under the leadership of Ted Sperling has remained true to the volunteer choral tradition of its predecessor organization, Robert Shaw’s Collegiate Chorale, while embracing other genres, such as musicals, far afield from the … » Read

LOS ANGELES--For the fourth out of the five programs that he’ll conduct during his three-week residency with the Los Angeles Philharmonic this season, Esa-Pekka Salonen, now conductor laureate, chose one that seemed aimed to please. Not … » Read