LONDON—It’s hard to imagine a more quintessentially British outfit than the BBC Symphony Orchestra, nor a conductor more Italian than Daniele Rustioni; yet when on February 13 these European musicians brought a 1950s urban New York to … » Read

The Reims Court of Appeal in northeastern France recently ruled that the Les Flâneries Musicales de Reims was liable for the 2023 dismissal of Vincent Morel from his post as managing and artistic director of the festival. The action took … » Read

Washington National Opera (WNO) has added two new venues to its previously announced collaboration with Lisner Auditorium at George Washington University. The Lyric Baltimore and the Music Center at Strathmore will successively host five … » Read

A January performance by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Vladimir Jurowski served as a reminder for The Guardian’ s Tom Service that the war in Ukraine “is more terrifying and more confronting precisely because it has become a … » Read

The drip, drip, drip of bad news emanating from the San Antonio Philharmonic became a flood on Feb. 16 when an email to the musicians from CEO Roberto Treviño announced, “As part of the broader reconfiguration of our season, we will … » Read

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) has hired Nikolai Song, 24, acting principal flute of Switzerland’s Berner Symphony Orchestra, as its principal with immediate effect. He succeeds Lorna McGhee who left last June to take the same job … » Read

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) 2026/27 season marks its 147 th and Stéphane Denève’s ninth as music director. This will be the orchestra’s second year in the renovated Powell Hall at the new Jack C. Taylor Music … » Read

The Carmel Bach Festival (CBF) has unveiled its 89th summer season, running July 11-25 in a number of venues in and around Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA. “Our theme, the nature of sound, invites us to listen more deeply,” said CBF Artistic … » Read

Barry Mitchell, a 1982 graduate from the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University of Cincinnati (UC), has gifted $3 million to the UC’s College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) to endow a faculty chair and scholarships. … » Read

Hilary Hahn, who recently returned to the concert hall in robust health, was to have performed with cellist Seth Parker Woods the premiere of Carlos Simon’s Double Concerto Suite with the National Symphony Orchestra March 12-14 at Kennedy … » Read