Wynton Marsalis, founder of Jazz at Lincoln Center and the driving force behind the resurgence of jazz in this country, will exit as artistic and administrative leader of JALC in July of 2027; he’ll stay on as advisor until his contract … » Read

Bachtrack’s annual update on 2025’s concert, opera, and dance performances has identified Yannick Nézet-Séguin as the year’s busiest conductor, with 120 listed engagements, or one every third day. Also near the top … » Read

A coalition of music publishers including Universal Music Publishing Group, Concord Music Group, and ABKCO Music are suing AI company Anthropic for more than $3 billion in what may be the largest non-class action copyright case ever filed in the … » Read

Parma Recordings has added MSR Classics to its roster of labels that already includes Navona, Ravello, Big Round, Ansonica, and Albany. With the addition of MSR’s catalogue (about 800 releases), The New Hampshire-headquartered Parma (with … » Read

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, recently deemed by Bachtrack to be the world’s busiest conductor, will open a premiere-packed season on Sept. 24 in Marian Anderson Hall. Now in his 15 th season as the Philadelphia Orchestra’s … » Read

Gustavo Dudamel is certainly getting a hero’s welcome as he becomes music and artistic director of the New York Philharmonic next season. Tuesday night, he led the orchestra in his (and its) debut at Radio City Music Hall, complete with … » Read

The Kennedy Center is once again without a programming chief. Kevin Couch, onetime programming director for ATG Entertainment, was announced on January 16 as VP of programming for KC . Less than two weeks later, he resigned, despite being … » Read

LONDON—On paper, this January 23 BBC Symphony Orchestra concert at London’s Barbican Centre was a smart piece of programming. Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring , located at the verdant heart of an American idyll soon to be … » Read

Four American chamber works of contrasting styles will open the Chamber Music Society’s 2026-27 season on October 13, 2026, in a program designed to honor the nation’s 250 th . First up are three of William Bolcom’s most popular … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO—Mark Morris is one of, if not the single most prolific modern dance maker on earth, so it was probably only a matter of time before he sought other worlds to conquer. Moon , which had its West Coast premiere January 23-25 at … » Read