Why is excellent opera so prohibitively expensive to mount? Why is opera, which is prohibitively expensive to mount, so often not excellent? Why is the quality of artists' work so often inversely related to their pay? Why are administrators and … » Read

DALLAS, TX—The Dallas Symphony Orchestra (DSO) has announced the appointment of six new musicians—five instrumentalists and a librarian—ahead of the 2026/27 concert season. They are, Yong Ha Jung (Section Viola), Pedro Mendez … » Read

The Polish-born Danish violinist and pedagogue Henryk P. Kowalski died on August 11, 2026, at a Stockholm hospital. He was 78. A soloist, chamber musician and influential teacher, Kowalski was professor of violin at the Indiana University School … » Read

The Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) and Music Director Andris Nelsons have announced the appointment of Kip Zimmerman as the orchestra’s new associate principal oboe, beginning in the 2026–27 season. He will occupy the Farla and … » Read

Matthias Pintscher is to succeed Jaime Martin as music director of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra as of 2027-28, with an initial contract of four years. Pintscher, also a composer, recently renewed his contract as music director of the Kansas … » Read

The opening of the 29 th season of the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival (OICMF) coincided with the announcement that Aloysia Friedmann, the violinist and violist who founded the Festival in 1998 and has served as its artistic director ever … » Read

Director Anna D. Shapiro is to be the next Richard Rodgers dean of the Juilliard drama division, effective next month. Drama's enrollment averages 72 students, college level and above, at any given time, out of the school’s total undergrad … » Read

Symphony orchestras in Michigan, Texas, and Louisiana are welcoming new administrative leaders in the coming months. The Grand Rapids Symphony (GRSO) has selected Agnieszka Rakhmatullaev as its next president & CEO, effective September … » Read

On Aug. 21, Mandle Cheung will step onto the podium in London’s Alexandra Palace to conduct the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) in a performance of Mahler’s Symphony No.2, Resurrection . This won’t be the first time that the … » Read

A two-year independent investigation of sexual abuse at Michigan’s Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan has uncovered 70 firsthand accounts by alumni of misconduct by 47 adults ranging from grooming and flirting to intercourse, all … » Read