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

LOS ANGELES—Since Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons became a perennial best-seller after World War II, some contemporary composers seem to have wanted a piece of the action by writing companion works on the same the other jazz translations … » Read

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) launched the 2025-26 season, its 146 th , with the reopening of the Jack C. Taylor Music Center and its renovated Powell Hall. In the months following, more than one million people experienced the orchestra … » Read

In September 2028 Joshua Weilerstein will begin his five-year tenure as chief conductor of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. He is a well-known podium presence to the orchestra players, having led a number of critically acclaimed performances in … » Read

As per her Instagram posting on Nov. 5, soprano Angel Blue has withdrawn from all of this season’s scheduled opera commitments. She will continue to perform in recital, starting December 11 in San Francisco. Blue cancelled her role debut as … » Read

This year’s Macao International Music Festival came to a close last weekend with a production of Puccini’s Turandot directed by Jackie Chan. Let that sink in for a moment. Regarding Turandot , after being effectively blacklisted in … » Read

Three composers were named on Nov. 3 as laureates of the 2028 Azrieli Music Prizes (AMP). The biennial awards, created in 2014 by Sharon Azrieli, are intended to identify and support composers of distinction by providing them with resources and a … » Read

Jean-Yves Thibaudet was awarded the 2026 Avery Fisher Prize last night following his performance of Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the New York Philharmonic under Rafael Payare. The presentation was made during the intermission from … » Read

The Los Angeles Philharmonic’s (LA Phil) ever-growing artistic leadership team has three new members, bringing the group’s total to 11 for the 2027-28 season when Daniel Harding begins his tenure as music director. “Our new … » Read

With the beginning in the 2027–2028 academic year, the Yale School of Music (YSM) is reimagining its Artist Diploma (AD) program by expanding its curriculum for individual performers and introducing a dedicated track for string quartets. … » Read