WQXR, New York City’s only locally based all-classical-music radio station, has brought Jacqui Cheng on board as the station’s first ever editor-in-chief, music. Cheng will report to Shannon Connolly, senior VP and GM, music, at New … » Read

WQXR host Terrance McKnight [named one of Musical America’s 2019 Top Professionals ] launched his “Only at Merkin” series on February 2, with a 75 th -birthday tribute to pianist and intrepid interpreter Ursula Oppens. Billed as … » Read

Juilliard cellist Sterling Elliott [pictured], 19, has won the senior division of the 22 nd annual Sphinx competition for young Black and Latinx string players, which concluded over the weekend in Detroit. He takes home $50,000, plus $5,000 for … » Read

Canadian soprano Barbara Hannigan, also a conductor of some note, has been awarded the 2020 Léonie Sonning Music Prize, Denmark’s highest musical honor. Hannigan is especially known for her commitment to new music, having premiered … » Read

Matthew Savery, music director of the Bozeman Symphony, is under investigation for a range of allegations. A letter addressed to the symphony’s board and shared with the Bozeman Daily Chronicle calls out Savery for “bullying, … » Read

NEW YORK — When Javier Camarena explodes with joy singing nine high C's in Donizetti's La Fille du Regiment , there's a good chance the Metropolitan Opera audience will explode right back at him with demands for an encore. "I will be very … » Read

These days, it’s an ever-increasing challenge to be noticed, and young singers are no exception. It has to be said, however, that young Polish countertenor, Jakub Jósef Orlinski has more than a few advantages to make him stand out … » Read

PARIS—Swiss conductor Charles Dutoit returned to a major world stage Sunday for the first time since 10 women accused him of sexual assault and harassment. And he earned repeated ovations from the awed Paris audience. Dutoit, 82, denies … » Read

This year marks the 50 th anniversary of Atlanta’s Woodruff Arts Center, a cultural campus modeled on Lincoln Center that serves as landlord and administrative overseer of the High Museum of Art, Alliance Theater, and Atlanta Symphony … » Read

The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, which self-defines as “Canada’s leading post graduate arts and leadership training institute,” has appointed the  Gryphon Trio to direct its classical music summer programs as of … » Read