The Boston Symphony Orchestra musicians have ratified a new, three-year contract. The announcement makes no mention of the current controversy over management’s dismissal of Music Director Andris Nelsons without input from the players. But … » Read

HOLLYWOOD—Gustavo Dudamel finally arrived at the home stretch of his not-quite-farewell tour as Los Angeles Philharmonic Music and Artistic Director last  weekend, landing at Hollywood Bowl for four wildly-diverse programs. As is … » Read

YUJA , a new documentary by filmmaker Lorna Tucker, promises “unprecedented access” to the career and private life of Yuja Wang, whose pianism has made her one of this century’s most in-demand performers. The six-time Grammy … » Read

As a student at the Curtis Institute of Music, pianist Jonathan Biss encountered the belief among many of his peers that “gods were everywhere…. Teachers, conductors and soloists,” he writes in the New York Times , “were … » Read

Kudos to the Washington Post which, despite being owned by avowed Trumpster Jeff Bezos, has published in black and white the specifics of Kennedy Center’s demise once taken over by himself and his flock. “Budget and meeting documents … » Read

Leave it to Annie Burridge, Austin Opera’s general director and CEO, to invent the title “Chief Producing Officer”—a new one on me and perhaps to the field. The new post, designed to connect production to programming to … » Read

Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero has some strong words to share about the plans for the U.S. State Department to funnel $57 million of American tax payer’s dollars to the Fundación Musical Simón Bolívar, known more … » Read

David Chan, former concertmaster of the MET Orchestra , is to step down as chair of the Orchestral Performance Program (OP) at Manhattan School of Music (MSM) and be succeeded by David Krauss, principal trumpet in the Met pit and currently on the … » Read

Markus Hinterhäuser, artistic director of the Salzburg Festival until forced out last March , has been awarded the 2026 Austrian Music Theatre Prize. The 68-year-old pianist and artistic manager receives the Grand Jury Prize on September 8 … » Read

“Come in great numbers to witness such entertainments as no one has ever seen, nor ever shall see again,” touted an admirer of Antonio Cesti’s Il Pomo d’Oro when it was finally premiered in Vienna in 1668. This festa … » Read