The San Antonio Philharmonic is back in court again, this time filing a suit on Sept. 29 against Harmonium of Texas and Jeffrey Kahane, that orchestra’s founder and the former music director of the Philharmonic. The complaint alleges that … » Read

The adoption of a bill in the U.S. Senate banning the demolition of presidential memorials by unanimous consent foundered on an objection from Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah). Lee’s use of the procedure, which allows a single senator to block … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO— Simon Boccanegra has always been a difficult opera to bring off. Even Verdi had to remake it, returning nearly a quarter-century after the unsuccessful 1857 premiere to revise it substantially with Arrigo Boito’s … » Read

See also Latest Winners Part I: Competitions. Composer Steve Reich was awarded the Juilliard President’s Medal at a special concert of his works by Juilliard students on Sept. 22. Reich graduated in composition in 1961 and in 2009 received … » Read

Jakub Przybycien, a winner of the 2026 Mahler Competition , is to be the next chief conductor of the Norwegian Arctic Philharmonic ( Arktisk Filharmoni ), beginning his three-year tenure with the 2027-28 season. He succeeds Christian Kluxen. The … » Read

The Esmé Quartet celebrates a significant birthday this year, a decade after four young Korean women—Wonhee Bae and Yuna Ha, violins, Jiwon Kim, viola, and Yeeun Heo, cello—founded the quartet in Cologne, Germany. Studies had … » Read

Contrary to the prevailing MAGA “party line” that The Kennedy Center was “losing hundreds of millions of dollars,” the nonprofit’s financial condition was “complicated, but stable” when Donald Trump took … » Read

The Franz Liszt International Piano Competition , held in Pécs, Hungary, Sept. 15 to 20, failed to crown a first-place winner, instead awarding joint second prizes to Hungarian Rozsonits Ildikó and Georgian Barbare Tataradze. Each … » Read

Soprano Christine Goerke, who has called metro Detroit home since 2021, has created a producing organization intended to create professional opportunities for Detroit-area performers in opera, cabaret, musical theater, spoken word, and other … » Read

Marin Alsop has added the post of artistic director of the Webern Kammerphilharmonie to her resume. The ensemble functions as the training orchestra of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (MDW). It was founded in 2015 as a … » Read