Councilors in Edinburgh have narrowly approved construction of the city’s first new concert hall in 100 years. The £45m ($59m) Dunard Center, located on St. Andrew Square, will become home to the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and … » Read

Menon Dwarka is to be executive director of Toronto’s Art of Time Ensemble (ATE) as of May 14. He succeeds David Abel, who has joined the National Arts Center as managing director, English Theater. “For me, this role offers a … » Read

About a year ago, as he stepped down after 11 years as CEO of The Florida Orchestra, Michael Pastreich said, “Now it’s time to take a break, recharge and explore my own opportunities.” At the time, he gave no indication as to … » Read

Vanessa Reed, chief executive of Britain’s Performing Rights Society (PRS) Foundation, is to be the new president and CEO of New Music USA, the organization formed out of the merger of the American Music Center and Meet the Composer in … » Read

NEW YORK— Plácido Domingo has starred on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera for a whopping 50 years - and is still singing, amazingly, at age 78. On Sunday, the Met literally turned the tables and threw a dinner on the same stage … » Read

LONG BEACH, California--Franz Kafka’s short story In the Penal Colony  is a surreal little shocker that was published in 1919 just after the end of World War I. It’s about a Visitor from an unnamed country who is invited to … » Read

The Manhattan-based Little Orchestra Society (LOS), now in its 71 st season, has appointed David Alan Miller as its artistic advisor. James Judd, its music director of the last five seasons, stepped down in February, although his name and title … » Read

After seven weeks, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra strike is over. Saturday afternoon the musicians approved a tentative agreement that had been drawn up on Friday in the offices of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who had offered his services to move things … » Read

The Chicago Symphony and its musicians have reached a tentative five-year agreement, announced more or less simultaneously Friday evening by each side plus Mayor Rahm Emanuel, at whose office the two parties met Friday. Details will be issued … » Read

“Don’t clap too early!” warned Austrian composer Thomas Larcher as he strode onto the David Geffen Hall stage to introduce the April 24 U.S. premiere of his Second Symphony with the New York Philharmonic. Not that Larcher should … » Read