An artist seeking entrance to perform in the U.S. must navigate a set of rules that seem designed to dissuade them from coming. A process that may take well over a year includes four steps, with no guarantee that having completed them correctly … » Read

The ongoing crisis at the Boston Symphony Orchestra seems to have done little to dilute the quality of the ensemble’s music making. Since the March announcement that the BSO board had decided not to renew Andris Nelsons’s contract as … » Read

Colorado Music Festival, which this summer honors its 50 th anniversary (July 9-August 9) and its revitalization since Peter Oundjian arrived as music director in 2019 , has appointed a new executive director in Aren Der Hacopian. He’ll … » Read

Boston Symphony Orchestra musicians, whose current contract expires next month, continue to resist management’s firing of Music Director Andris Nelsons. They have long maintained that they were not consulted on the decision to sever the … » Read

Downtown Seattle will get the city’s first permanent dedicated space for chamber music in 2028, when the Seattle Chamber Music Society (SCMS) opens its new 271-seat concert hall in the recently renovated, 44-story U.S. Bank Center office … » Read

The Louisville Orchestra’s new CEO appears to be the full package: composer, publishing exec, fund-raiser,  digital content producer, performer, teacher—all with the Juilliard imprimatur from BM to DMA. He is Houston-born Jude … » Read

Longtime Boston Symphony Orchestra patrons George Whiting and Quinn MacKenzie have created a website, StandWithAndris.org and an online petition . They have joined the BSO musicians and a significant number of other patrons in protesting the … » Read

America’s musical homage to its founding document has been inconsistent at best. Richard Wagner’s Grosse Festmarsch , a 12-minute orchestral score commissioned for a then-princely sum of $5,000 (around $150,000 today) by the … » Read

Chamber Music America (CMA) has named six recipients of this year’s member-nominated annual awards. Among entries from all 50 states, the six awardees will each receive $1,000 and be honored during CMA’s 2026 National Conference in … » Read

For more than six decades, the iconic British actor Sir Anthony Hopkins has been composing music. This August 21 Decca is set to release Life Is a Dream , which features performances by the Philharmonia Orchestra led by Gustavo Dudamel. … » Read