The Bowdoin International Music Festival, currently underway in its 60 th -anniversary season (June 22 to August 3), has announced a $3.7 million bequest from Patricia Crawford Brown, a longtime patron and board member. Brown, who died at age 90 … » Read

Mostly Mozart is gone, but its orchestra lives on. It has returned as the Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center, which made its official debut on July 23—the start of three-week residency (12 concerts) at David Geffen Hall. The … » Read

The Detroit Opera has extended the contract of Yuval Sharon as artistic director through the 2027/28 season. Since his arrival in 2020 , Sharon has elevated the company’s national profile with a series of innovative productions that have … » Read

The Queensland Symphony Orchestra (QSO) has appointed Hyung Suk Bae [pictured] as principal cello, moving up a notch from his position as associate. Appointed in 2018, he has been leading the section as acting principal since 2020.  Bae … » Read

LONDON—Every year, the program for the BBC Proms seems to trigger an acrimonious debate. Are the powers that be dumbing down? Where’s the risk taking? And in the case of this year’s ‘’Disco Prom,’’ what … » Read

Tuesday, the Orchestre Classique de Montréal announced the departure of Jacques Lacombe as artistic director and principal conductor, after one year of his five-year contract. “The Board of Directors of the Orchestre Classique … » Read

The Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University is expanding its audio engineering and sound production degree track—in place since 1982—with a "music creation" track to form a new BS in Music Production degree. It will be in place … » Read

Frank Bridge deserves better, argues Simon Heffer in The Telegraph , than to be remembered only as Benjamin Britten’s teacher. Born in Brighton in 1879, Bridge learned the violin, playing in his father’s orchestra before entering the … » Read

It’s hardly a surprise, but AFM Local 802 President Sara Cutler [pictured] has issued a statement representing New York musicians' endorsement of Kamala Harris for president of the U.S., following the national AFM, along with IATSE, AFT, … » Read

Eleven months after an incident that shocked the classical music world , Sir John Eliot Gardiner today announced he was immediately stepping down as leader and artistic director of the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras (MCO). Last August after a … » Read