Hearts must have gone out to Anne-Sophie Mutter at her Carnegie Hall recital on March 12. The first half of her program had a distinctly spectral theme, designed to culminate in the world premiere of Rhode Island-born composer Sebastian … » Read

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (BCMG), founded in 1987 by members of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, has a new executive director in Seb Huckle, its former marketing manager. He’ll report to Artistic Director Stephan Meier, … » Read

This year’s annual Avery Fisher Career Grants of $25,000 each—not to be confused with the prestigious Avery Fisher Award of $100,000, granted last October to violinist Leila Josefowicz —will go to four artists deemed to … » Read

Bernard Haitink, who turns 90 this month and plans a well-earned sabbatical at the end of the season, has been voted honorary membership in the Vienna Philharmonic by the members of the orchestra. He'll be presented with the award by Philharmonic … » Read

Two thirds of Americans—189 million—listen to online audio every month, and 169 million do so weekly. The percentage of online audio users is even greater—91 percent—for those in the 12-24 age cohort. The Infinite Dial , … » Read

“Usually, when there’s a labor issue, the music director is nowhere to be found.” So Chicago Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster Robert Chen tells the Chicago Tribune in an article covering the striking musicians picketing … » Read

Esa-Pekka Salonen’s recently announced move to helm the San Francisco Symphony has been one of the more talked about U.S. music director moves of late. And while New Yorkers have hardly been deprived of seeing him as a guest with this … » Read

As the Chicago Symphony Orchestra announces the cancellation of all concerts through March 17, due to the musicians’ strike (with Music Director Riccardo Muti now joining the players’ picket line outside Orchestra Hall), the … » Read

The state of music education in the western world is generally dismal, but the British seem to take special pleasure in conducting studies and writing letters of protest to drive home the point. The most recent example is a survey by the British … » Read

Joseph V. Melillo, a key sculptor in the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s enlightened programming profile, has joined Columbia Artists in the new position of international artistic advisor. Having j ust ended his 35-year affiliation with BAM two … » Read