Spanish conductor Jaime Martín, 53, is to be the next chief conductor of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, one of the Irish National Television and Radio (RTÉ) network's four music ensembles. He starts in September and has … » Read

Bass players tired of struggling to transport their instruments and wary of inattentive baggage handlers may soon find some relief. When cased, the portable TravelBass, the creation of a team of Italian luthiers in Parma, measures a svelte 35 x … » Read

Richard Egarr, music director of the Academy of Ancient Music since 2006, is to take on the same title with the San Francisco-based Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale as of 2021-22. He succeeds Nicholas McGegan, who in October announced … » Read

Music too loud to be listened to is usually considered the product of rock bands, not symphony orchestras. But, insists Dr. Daniel Fink, a leading Los Angeles-based noise activist and founding chair of The Quiet Coalition, “If something … » Read

Víctor Garcia de Gomar will leave Barcelona's Palau de la Música to become artistic director of the Gran Teatre del Liceu. He succeeds Christina Scheppelmann at the start of the 2019/20 with a four-year contract and an annual salary … » Read

The Baltimore Symphony musicians’ four-month contract extension expired on January 15 and, according to the players, management “expressed no desire to extend the contract in writing.” However, there appears to be mutual … » Read

British composer Rebecca Saunders has been announced as the winner of the 2019 international Ernst von Siemens prize of 250,000 euros. She is the first woman composer to be so designated. Established in 1972 by the grandson of the industrial … » Read

NEW YORK — Mighty Mouse has come to save the Met. Some in the Met orchestra have taken to calling the 5-foot-6-inch Yannick Nézet-Séguin, their new music director, by the affectionate anthropomorphic nickname first bestowed by … » Read

What a difference a few years can make. During the Obama administrations, a broad range of musicians—from classical to hip hop, R & B to country, pop to rock—performed at The White House. One musician missing during the Obama … » Read

LONDON—The Royal Opera was at pains to release advance information about its production of The Queen of Spades so no one could say they hadn’t been warned. This was to be a reinterpretation rather than a recreation, with director … » Read