If the sense of ambiguity that pervades Shakespeare’s Hamlet is what makes it so compelling a drama, it is also what makes it so challenging to an interpreter, be it a teller, a listener, a director, or a composer. Many of the last … » Read

Teresa Berganza, the Spanish mezzo-soprano renowned over her 40-year career for her distinctive legato and skill with language, died on May 13 in Madrid. She was 89. Born in Madrid in 1933, Berganza began her career as a 22-year-old in the era of … » Read

On July 1 J. T. Kane will be joining the Manhattan School of Music (MSM) as dean of the newly created Instrumental Studies and Orchestral Performance Division. Kane is currently VP for musician advancement and dean of orchestra at the New World … » Read

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – The day Russia invaded Ukraine, Brazilian dancer David Motta, then a leading soloist at the renowned Bolshoi ballet, knew he had to leave the country where he had lived half his life. It was an "obvious" decision -- … » Read

Classical music radio, like every other part of the music world, is in flux. Gone are the days when the on-air talent were all men possessed of deep baritone voices and a paternalistic commitment to teaching listeners about the day’s … » Read

Finnish conductor Tarmo Peltokoski, 22, is to be the next music and artistic director of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra (LNSO). He starts next season, succeeding Andris Poga, now at the artistic helm of Norway’s Stavanger Symphony … » Read

For the first time since 2019, the League of American Orchestras’ conference will meet in person, from June 1-3, 2022 hosted by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, which was last the site of the event in 2006. Nearly 1,000 orchestra … » Read

Conductor/composer Yaniv Segal (pictured) is to be the next music director of the Salina (KS) Symphony; he was one of five finalists for the job who guest conducted this season for a post that drew more than 100 applications. Known for … » Read

NEW YORK -- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead, all right, but not as Shakespeare imagined. No Norwegian prince arrives to seize the Danish throne. And to be or not to be is not the question. So it goes in the latest operatic adaptation of the … » Read

Pianist Alexander Toradze, who suffered heart failure during a performance with the Vancouver Symphony on April 23 but carried on to its end before being hospitalized, died yesterday at this home in South Bend, IN. He was 69. He appeared to have … » Read