LONDON—Ancient Greece was at the heart of this October 3 presentation by the BBC Concert Orchestra (BBCCO) at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall. A mixture of old and new, the program had been thoughtfully curated. A pity, then, that the … » Read

Sir Simon Rattle will stay at the helm of the helm of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (BRSO) and the Bavarian Radio Chorus through 2033, the result of a five-year contract extension effective in 2028-29. He will have been in the job for ten … » Read

Attorneys representing Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) have said that the Trump administration is inappropriately citing executive privilege as justification for withholding “core financial documents” and information about the … » Read

The Pacific Symphony and its first new music director in 35 years are looking like a promising partnership, according to Orange County Register critic Timothy Mangan. This marks Alexander Shelley's first season since  succeeding longtime … » Read

With Minnesota Opera’s season due to open less than four weeks away, the 46 union members of the company’s orchestra voted unanimously to authorize a strike. The musicians’ contract expired in June and negotiations are … » Read

The operas of composer Huang Ruo and librettist David Henry Hwang often carry their share of polemics. Their 2018 work An American Soldier is an outraged response to the racist hazing, and eventual suicide, of the Chinese-American G.I. Danny … » Read

First impressions matter, so a lot was riding on the inaugural concert on Oct. 2 by Harmonium of Texas, the new orchestra founded by Jeffrey Kahane in San Antonio. For the past five years, since the demise of the San Antonio Symphony in 2022 , … » Read

At the beginning of the 2027-28 season, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Orchestre de Paris will welcome the inaugural class of young conductors selected for the Salonen International Conducting Fellowship. Two to four of them, chosen by … » Read

Maia Cabeza , first violinist for the Doric Quartet for the past two years, has announced her departure from the group in order to devote her energy “to other exciting facets of my varied life as a musician.” Her departure comes … » Read

Houston Symphony has four new musicians as of the current season, all of them alumni of Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. In fact, the orchestra reports that over half of its members are Shepherd grads and/or faculty; one of its … » Read