The ever-burgeoning Louisville Orchestra has hired a New York Philharmonic staffer as VP of artistic planning, a new post at the orchestra. She is Elizabeth Helgeson, who moves up from the status of director of artistic planning and … » Read

Young Concert Artists (YCA) has named two soloists and a string quartet as winners of the 2026 Susan Wadsworth International Auditions. The three, who were selected from more than 150 applicants, are Canadian soprano Bridget Esler (26); American … » Read

Canada’s proposed federal budget may include a tax credit on up to $45,000 earned from "original and creative artistic works." What that means, wrote Prime Minister Mark Carney on social media, is, "If you’re a Canadian artist, you … » Read

In 1956, Pablo Casals celebrated his 80 th birthday by assembling 100 cellists in Paris to perform a concert of his own compositions. Seven decades later, on Nov. 8 in Roxbury, MA, 48 cellists celebrated the 150 th anniversary of the Catalan … » Read

Late last month Keith Cerny announced his upcoming departure as president and CEO of the Fort Worth Symphony for another arts leadership post, outside of Texas. Now, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and School of Music (VSOSOM) has claimed him, … » Read

Imagine shouting down the soft-spoken Yo-Yo Ma. That is apparently what the striking Harvard Graduate Student Union did on November 6 when he was being interviewed on the stage of the Sanders Theater on the university’s campus. He and the … » Read

On Nov. 7 Gianandrea Noseda was honored by his native Italy with the presentation of the rank of Grand Officer of the Order of Merit; he has been a Cavaliere (Knight) of the Order of Merit since 2001. The Ambassador of the Italian Republic to … » Read

Much as the Nashville Symphony announced its season suspension due to lack of funds , only to be rescued three weeks later by a major funder , so did the Phoenix Symphony announce on October 20 its premature season end and, three weeks later on … » Read

In a vote on Nov. 3 described as “historical” and “momentous” by one cultural leader, 84 percent of Philadelphia voters approved a ballot measure establishing the office of arts and culture as a permanent part of the … » Read

In Herbert Blomstedt, the world has lost one of the great conductor personalities of our time at the age of 99. The Salzburg Festival looks back in immense gratitude to many artistic encounters with him. For over four decades, he gave the … » Read