Escaping the taint of a past association with the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein is not easy, as Leon Botstein, the highly successful ex-president of Bard College, is discovering. When his relationship with Epstein garnered attention, he … » Read

Chicago’s Grant Park Music Festival’s leadership changes continue, with Nate Bachhuber having just assumed the post of general manager. He joins Orchestral Association President and CEO Anwar Nasir, appointed last June to succeed Paul … » Read

Donald Trump has labeled The Kennedy Center “a great danger to anyone who walks inside,” a building that is in a “virtual state of collapse.” But such dire warnings have not stopped the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) … » Read

America’s public schools, challenged by straitened financial circumstances and the lack of strong advocacy for classroom arts education, have steadily devalued the importance of teaching music. The lack of access to instruments only … » Read

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