Thank You: A Message To The “Piano Guy” From The “Cello Guy”

We wish we had better news. We were not able to find Annie. The search is being discontinued at this time in consideration of the health and well-being of everyone involved.

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BPO musician lost her contrabassoon, but replacement has 'great sound'

Malkiewicz reported the theft to Buffalo police, called around to area pawn shops and spread the word through a national and international network of classical musicians, but to no avail.

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Old, Male, and Stale: The Women Fighting Classical Music's Woman ...

The Arts DeskOld, Male, and Stale: The Women Fighting Classical Music's Woman ...VICESince the dawn of time, women have been told they shouldn't compose because it's "unfeminine". A new program out of Sydney is changing that, one talented ...'We should take a 1:1 ratio of male to female talent as the norm ...The Arts Deskall 2 news articles »

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Eckart Preu to lead Chamber Orchestra

After a two-year search and nearly 200 applicants, the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra has a new leader. Eckart Preu (rhymes with joy) will be the fifth music director, the orchestra announced on Saturday.

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Man scattering friend's ashes halts Metropolitan Opera performance

A man who wanted to honor his deceased friend caused the cancelation of two scheduled performances at New York City's renowned Metropolitan Opera Saturday afternoon.

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Charleston Symphony reports economic impact on community

The symphony's annual budget was about $3.25 million last season, when the study was put together - this year it's $3.7 million - but its quantitative impact is larger. In addition to the $3 million or so spent on production by the CSO,

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Atlanta Symphony Orchestra exceeds $25M endowment campaign goal early

he Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Oct. 28 announced it has exceeded its $25 million Musicians' Endowment Campaign goal, nearly two years ahead of schedule, thanks to a pledge of $2.5 million from The Delta Air Lines Foundation.

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National Symphony Orchestra executive director to step down - Washington Post

Rita Shapiro, the executive director of the National Symphony Orchestra for 15 years, is stepping down at the end of the calendar year, the orchestra has announced. The decision is said to be her own. “These last 15 years have been enormously ...

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Semyon Bychkov: ‘In music, polygamy is not only allowed, it’s encouraged’

The great Russian conductor has just launched an epic Tchaikovsky project – in which he’s recording all of the iconic composer’s symphonies, and piano concertos. We spoke to him about growing up with Tchaikovsky, what it takes to be a conductor and why, musically speaking, he’s all about polygamy.

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This musician had the *perfect* response to potential client who was offering NO payment for a concert

Musicians are often offered a bum deal when dealing with freelance work, but this member of a string quartet has come up with a zinger of a reply.

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2016 Shortlist unveiled for British Composer Awards

The 2016 shortlist, announced today, is made up of 38 per cent women composers (the highest numbers in the Awards' history), 20 per cent international composers and 50 per cent first-time nominees.

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Philadelphia Orchestra dives in with a streaming music service

Launched Monday by the Philadelphia Orchestra, the website offers a sprinkling of concerts from current and past seasons, dating back to Yannick Nezet-Sequin's inaugural 2012-13 season as music director. Additional content includes concerts by former ...

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Opera review wants government out of musicals - NEWS.com.au

The review, which made 118 recommendations, says Opera Australia shouldn't be stopped from putting on musicals, but that government funding should go to "non-commercial activities". The review panel was also concerned about the double whammy for Australian opera singers of a declining number of roles available and an increase in international artists.

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Montreal Symphony Orchestra acquires a rare octobass - CTV News

“For many years, we at the OSM have strived to present performances of great 19th century repertoire inspired by the perspectives offered by recent scholarly research,” wrote Maestro Kent Nagano, the orchestra’s music director, in a press release. “We eagerly await our chance to introduce this fascinating instrument to our public.”

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After 'daunting' auditions, newest Seattle Symphony players make the cut - The Seattle Times

The SSO has a new second horn, Jenna Breen, from Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in Australia, and Matthew Decker, assistant principal timpani and section percussionist, from the North Carolina Symphony.

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Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra musicians, management plan to get back to bargaining table

Members of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra were joined by people from Boston and Philadelphia's symphonies. Those concerts will continue as negotiations go on.Still no resolution in FWSO contract standoff

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Zakhar Bron attacks jury as Georgian wins the Wieniawski

Veriko Tchumburidze, a Georgian living in Turkey, won the Wieniawski Competition in Poznan last last night.

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Tribute to an Overlooked Female Composer: Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel - New York Times

When Queen Victoria, praising Felix, told him which of his songs was her favorite, he confessed it was by Fanny but published under his name.

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You've never heard opera like this

‘Silent’ production finds a stage outside Sydney Opera House

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Musicians' union hopes to come to an agreement with Orchestra soon

Managers of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra met with the union that represents its musicians today to try to come up with an agreement before the holidays.

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Writers a poor third in arts funding behind orchestras, opera

The federal government's primary arts funding body has defended its support to Australian books and authors, after figures showing Australia Council literature

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These are the 15 absolute greatest sopranos of all time

Cecilia Bartoli is the great adventurer of modern sopranos: a voice to die for, but coupled with absurd creative ambition and tremendous humour.

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English National Opera names Martyn Brabbins as music director

Respected conductor takes over from Mark Wrigglesworth as company seeks stability after two years of cuts and crises

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A violinist's methodical search for creativity -

Now 36, a star of the violin world, returning to Washington for a concert at the Kennedy Center at the end of this month, Hahn is one of the most creative, illuminating violinists of our time

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German orchestra with 'democratic system' comes to Boston

Seeing what Reiner calls the “personal, human, and loving” approach Bavarian conductor Enoch zu Guttenberg brought to music, he and fellow violinist Josef Kröner invited him to lead this different kind of orchestra, which they founded together in 1997.

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Take Me Out to the Ballgame - Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Maestro Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra cheer on the Chicago Cubs!

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This 800-year-old Icelandic hymn sung in a train station is utterly haunting

This devotional hymn was originally written in 1208, but its mesmerising beauty is completely timeless – as this spontaneous performance in a station in Germany proves.

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Classical music 'excludes' composers from minorities

Composers from minority groups are "effectively silenced" because they do not fit into classical music's "inner club", a composer has said. Eleanor Alberga said the classical music world is "not very inclusive and I suspect there are wider issues here ..

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Five Questions: Jonathon Heyward: From West Ashley to England, young conductor

My post as the assistant conductor entails assisting the music director, Sir Mark Elder, assisting international guest conductors that work with the ensemble, acting as music director of the Halle Youth Orchestra

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Check out famous opera singer, Maria Callas, family's estate in Pasco

Famous opera singer, Maria Callas, family's estate is beautiful, and now you can even get a piece of it for yourself.

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Seattle Virtuoso Quinton Morris Is Set to Open Violin Studio for Low-Income Students of Color

With Key to Change—serving South King County—Morris pays forward generosity he received as a youth.

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Communism's pianist poster boy? The truth about Emil Gilels and Stalin

As a teenage virtuoso pianist from Odessa, Gilels was thrust forward as a propaganda torchbearer for Soviet ideals. A hundred years after the great musician’s birth, though, many believe the association wasn’t so straightforward

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Jim Carroll: Closing the gap between clubland and the classical world

Mills is a dab hand at this stage when it comes to collaborating with classical musicians, having previously performed with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and the Montpelier Philharmonic Orchestra

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Violinist Neil Milan quits Clean Bandit

One of the founding members of Clean Bandit, Neil Milan, has confirmed on social media that he has quit the band.

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Las Vegas Philharmonic Forms American German Cultural Exchange Fellowship

Through a generous gift by German philanthropist Dorothee Hennings-Holtmann, the Las Vegas Philharmonic and the Brandenburg State Theater Orchestra, Cottbus are pleased to announce the American German Cultural Exchange Fellowship (AGCEF).

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THE SCOOP | Toronto's Jordan de Souza Appointed Kapellmeister at Komische Oper Berlin

After being named the Head of Music at Germany’s Komische Oper Berlin earlier this year, Tapestry Opera’s resident conductor Jordan de Souza has now been appointed full Kapellmeister, starting the 2017/18 season.

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Cello student recovers from hand injury after risking scholarship

Cello performance major Zach Barnes hadn't even finished his first semester at IU when he had a tough decision to make last December.

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Montreal Symphony Orchestra welcomes rare octobass

Montreal Symphony Orchestra (OSM) is debuting a new instrument Thursday, one that will be hard to miss. The octobass measures 3.6 metres and weighs 131 kilos. The OSM has the distinction of being the only orchestra in the world in possession of one.

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Noisy audiences and classical music - letter

Sir, – Last year, the National Symphony Orchestra made a rare visit to Cork City Hall for a performance of a Tchaikovsky symphony, among other pieces. However, the whole experience was ruined for a number of reasons.

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Philadelphia Orchestra adopts aspects of consultant's report

The report by Michael M. Kaiser, chairman of the DeVos Institute of Arts Management at the University of Maryland, was completed in spring after six months' work interviewing funders, board members, musicians, staff, and others

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Royal Opera House to teach children to sing 'healthily' over X Factor voice strain fears

Speaking at a launch for the 2017 Royal Opera House season, she told the Telegraph: "I have a particular beef about kids in schools singing like they're trying to be on the X Factor

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Busker heckled since Brexit for playing Eastern European music

Nik Jovčić-Sas, who regularly plays traditional music from Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria on the streets of Bath, says he’s been heckled since the Brexit referendum.

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San Francisco’s new horn is a fully qualified respiratory physician

His name is Mark Almond, he’s from Greater Manchester, England and he has played guest principal with several London orchestras before heading abroad.

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24-Year-Old Conductor Makes History at Broadway’s Waitress

Madeline Smith takes up the baton at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. At age 24 she is believed to be the youngest woman to conduct in a Broadway pit. Smith has served as rehearsal pianist, music assistant, and copyist on the production.

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From the classical archive September 1963: Michael Roll wins the first ever Leeds Piano Competition

23 September 1963: The Guardian reports on the final of the first Leeds Pianoforte Competition, won by a local boy and, at 17, the youngest of all 94 competitors

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MAD reveals plans for translucent China Philharmonic Hall in Beijing

Chinese studio MAD has released visuals for its new concert hall in Beijing, which will be draped in a translucent fluted facade. MAD's China Philharmonic Hall will be located on an 11,600-square-metre site beside the Workers Stadium

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Hong Kong group to strip down operas and bring them to the people

A new non-profit opera company in Hong Kong will soon be producing condensed versions of Western classical operas away from the formality of concert halls so that more people may be lured by the genre's passion and music.

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More Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performances canceled amid musicians' strike

“Regrettably, the musicians of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra have not contacted us through official channels to return to the negotiating table. We hope that we are able to resume talks soon. Because of this, we must cancel additional performances

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Living the Meme: What happened to Azeem Ward and his flute?

After setting up a Facebook page for his senior flute recital, the University of California student was inundated with over 100,000 RSVPs from the United Kindom, along with multiple requests to fly to England and play..

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Musician Jeffrey Kahane prepares to be a full-time teacher at USC Thornton

“I've always felt very deeply that, for the most part, the greatest musicians are the ones who are the most curious about the world and who have an appetite not just for music but for literature, for art and for philosophy.” ..

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Russian violinist builds dream home in Nyack

An accomplished violin teacher, Malkin is the founder of several concert series, including the Academy of Music Summer Festival in Nyack.

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Craftsmen in tune to produce cello for Oswestry musician

. But a link up with one of Britain's top music conservatories has seen them become a tight knit team. This week they met up at the Willow Art Gallery, in Oswestry

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This Hi-Tech Clothing Could Help Deaf People 'Feel' an Orchestra

When the Junge Symphoniker Hamburg Orchestra plays classical music, the wearer could feel the instruments through the shirt. Sound Shirt's software could interpret eight types of instrumental sounds coming from the stage microphones,

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Conductor drops his baton mid-Tchaikovsky - recovers like an absolute pro

When the resident conductor of the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra is in full flow, nothing is going to stop the music-making - and now we have video evidence to back up that assertion.

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Jacqueline du Pré cello bow withdrawn from sale due to doubt over provenance - The Strad

An English cello bow by James Tubbs, 'presumed to have been in the possession of Jacqueline du Pré', has been withdrawn from auction due to a lack of 'confidence' in its provenance.

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Liebe Orchestermusiker, was wollt ihr eigentlich?

Die Komische Oper Berlin hat schon bessere Zeiten gesehen. Jetzt stünde mit Antonello Manacorda ein idealer Dirigent bereit. Doch das privilegierte Orchester hat ihn abgelehnt. Aus lauter Hochmut.

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Facing the music: Rachel Podger

The violinist and festival director tells us about her musical interests and inspirations, from Corelli to Castrucci, and Bach to Bob Marley

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Peter Allen dead; host of Metropolitan Opera's radio broadcasts was 96

Peter Allen, a broadcaster who for 29 years was the announcer of the Metropolitan Opera's Saturday matinee radio broadcasts, delivering Wagner and Verdi to millions of listeners beyond the Met's gilded and glittering New York theater, died Oct. 8

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Musician in desperate bid to trace antique violin after £10k theft from van in Hackney

Professional violinist Melanie Wise said she was preparing for a charity gig in east London when she claims raiders drilled their way into a van parked nearby.

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Conductor candidate skipped family business for life in an orchestra

Harada liked the girl very much and asked, “If I become a conductor, may I date your daughter?” The mother told him he had to become a world class conductor. The next day, Harada said he went to Frederick Fennell, the maestro at the school, and told him he wanted to start taking conductor lessons.

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This violinist can play Habanera one-handed while bouncing a ping pong ball in time to the music

Habanera on violin and ping pong bat while standing on one leg. Nice party trick.

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York Minster sacks all of its bell ringers, no peal to welcome in Christmas morning

Every year since the Middle Ages the 56 bells of York Minster have marked Remembrance Sunday and Christmas – but this year the historic bells won’t ring out because all of the Minster’s bell ringing volunteers have been sacked.

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Rotterdam Philharmonic Announce New Principal Violist

The Rotterdam Philharmonic has today announced the appointment of Russian-born Israeli violist Roman Spitzer as their new Principal Violist.

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This is what a clarinetist's mouth actually does during the Rhapsody in Blue glissando

By attaching electrodes to a clarinetist’s tongue, it’s possible to see exactly what happens inside the mouth when Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue kicks off.

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This violinist can play Habanera one-handed while bouncing a ping pong ball in time to the music - Classic FM

Classic FMThis violinist can play Habanera one-handed while bouncing a ping pong ball in time to the musicClassic FMHabanera on violin and ping pong bat while standing on one leg. Nice party ... This violinist from Polish musical cabaret act MozART Group demonstrates an impressive skill-set in his memorable performance of Habanera from Bizet's opera Carmen ...

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At 93, conductor Skrowaczewski remains a Minnesota Orchestra powerhouse

These are the hands that have conducted orchestras and composed music for 80 years. They are working hands not content to retire and coast on the maestro's legacy.

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How an oboe changed this girl's life

In March some friends went to lunch with my husband. One of them told a story about a high school senior she had heard about who had been in foster care since adolescence, was a great musician and needed a professional-grade oboe to accept a college scholarship.

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The Royal College of Music has the most brilliant way of preparing its students for concerts…

In the Centre for Performance Science at the RCM students can practise performing in front of a "live" audience – even a badly behaved one – without ever leaving a small attic room. Welcome to the performance simulator…

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Disharmony in Berlin: Two Philharmoniker face each other in court

Brotherly love counts for nothing when money is at stake. A viola player in the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra – the names have been disguised in court – is accusing another of selling him a fake instrument.

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Berliner Philharmoniker Starmusiker geigen sich was vor Gericht

Bei den Bratschisten der Berliner Philharmoniker gibt es gerade mächtig Knatsch um eine Bratsche – jetzt geigten sich die Musiker vor dem Münchner Oberlandesgericht die Meinung. Hat Horst L. seinen Kollegen Nico E. (Namen geändert) mit einer Viola übers Ohr gehauen?

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New Principal Flute Named to Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

Music Director Jeffrey Kahane has named Joachim Becerra Thomsen principal flute of Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO), one of the nation's leading orchestras renowned for its wide-ranging repertoire and adventurous commissioning initiatives.

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Just in: Blackadder gets his trumpets back

Slipped DiscWe hear that David Blackadder, principal trumpet of the Academy of Ancient Music, has been told that the trumpets he had stolen from him on Monday on a London commuter train have been found safe

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Violin made from Winston Churchill's cigar box to be auctioned

The 1956 fiddle 'in a rustic style' was made by self-taught English maker and former master saddler William Robinson, who spent his childhood converting empty boxes into violins, according to the auctioneers.

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How Mozart's music is improving the grapes in one Italian vineyard

Row after row of Sangiovese grapevines cover the hills of Montalcino in Tuscany, where famed Brunello wine is made. But one of these vineyards is a bit different. The grapes here are serenaded all day, every day, by classical music

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Famous violinist dies inside taxi

Kwon Hyuk Joo, who studied violin in Russia at the age of 9 after being recognized as a prodigy, was the first Korean to win 1st place at the Carl Nielsen International Violin Competition in 2004. He was in Busan for an upcoming performance

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Mr. Luka Okrostsvaridze (Georgia) – known as Luka Okros and a student at London’s Royal College of Music

Results of the commendably transparent Hong Kong International Piano Competition:

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Theft alert: Trumpets stolen in London train raid

PRINCIPAL TRUMPET DAVID BLACKADDER'S (NATURAL) TRUMPETS WERE TAKEN FROM A TRAIN THIS MORNING AS HE TRAVELLED IN TO LONDON FOR A PERFORMANCE THIS EVENING. IT'S BELIEVED SOME YOUTHS RAN ON TO THE ...

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Orchestras should hold blind auditions to increase diversity, says Chineke! Orchestra's Chi-chi Nwanoku

Analysis last year by King’s College London found fewer than two per cent of orchestra members in Britain were from BME backgrounds. Ms Nwanoku said this was “not high enough” when six per cent of graduates from conservatoires in the UK were non-white.

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Bristol University theatre cancels Aida over ‘racial diversity’

Musical theatre cancels production to avoid causing offence, but some students bemoan ‘fear of cultural appropriation’

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How André Rieu made classical music a multimillion dollar business

Dutch violinist André Rieu sells more concert tickets than Beyoncé, is the most successful classical musician around and tours with his own 60-piece orchestra. He lives in a castle, keeps butterflies and wants to be the first artist to perform on the moon.

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Student creates prosthetic so girl born without hand can master the violin

And it all comes down to a lightweight nylon/plastic prosthetic that Taiwo, an engineering student from Naperville at Northern Illinois University, designed for Sarah

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Letters: Orchestra should get creative on funding

I do not believe the classical music audience is decreasing ("Strike points to need for new orchestra model," Thursday). I've been hearing about the graying of that audience for 30 years.

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A director sets out to learn the saxophone and finds a doughty tribe of horn players in Mumbai

In the documentary ‘The Sax and the City’, Praveen Kumar profiles saxophonists who are struggling to be heard above the din.

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Pregnant symphony conductor's case brings lashing of judge

A symphony conductor's attorney is lashing out at a judge for overturning part of a jury's award in a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit despite jurors' “undisputed findings” in a two-week trial.

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Philadelphia Orchestra trumpeter helping Afghan teen build his chops - CBS News

The Philadelphia Orchestra boasts one the best classical trumpet players in the country. And although David Bilger has played on stage for thousands, his most impressive performance happens his own basement, for an audience of one

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Fiddling While Venezuela Starves? Bolívar Symphony Opens

The country's spiraling crisis once again puts the orchestra — which is opening Carnegie Hall's season with three concerts

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St Paul Chamber Orchestra Announce Newest Violin Recruit

The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra has today announced the appointment of 24 year old Korean-American violinist Eunice Kim to the ensemble.

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Houston Grand Opera to host once-in-a-lifetime costume sale

If you're in the market for a costume, Halloween or otherwise, then you won't want to miss this unique opportunity.

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RSNO: Celebrating 125 years of Scotland's national orchestra

Many famous faces have passed through and featured in the orchestra through its long history, including composer Gustav Holst, who joined as second trombonist and stayed for four years.

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Why can some people study as they listen to music, while others can't?

So why is it some people can happily soundtrack their studying while others demand total silence?

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BRASS NECK Google waives £90000 advertising bill for 12-year-old trumpet player who wanted his brass band to become famous - The Sun

Little Jose 'made a mistake' by setting up advertising account so he could raise money to buy bandmates new instruments

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Greedy bosses and musicians on strike – the crisis engulfing classical music

Crisis has struck two of America's great orchestras. One is the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, which faces a deficit of $11 million and pension black hole due to rock-bottom interest rates.

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New stamp dedicated to Mezzo-Soprano Tatevik Sazandaryan's 100th anniversary put into circulation

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Engraved bow once owned by cellist Jacqueline du Pré to be auctioned

However, Tarisio scored a coup in 2011 when it sold one of the world's best-preserved Stradivarius violins, known as the Lady Blunt, for $16m — the public auction record for a stringed instrument.

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Missing Boston University Grad Student Has Been Found in NYC -

Camhi, a 25-year-old classical musician, suffers from bipolar disorder, and friends believed he had stopped taking his medication when he left his hotel, on Lexington and 49th Street, without a wallet or cell phone.

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Philadelphia Orchestra board accepts new deal - musicians play Serenade in A(ppreciation)

Musicians of the Philadelphia Orchestra fanned out across the region Tuesday, chatting up fans, playing in string quartets and wind quintets, and doing a little damage control.

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London's Royal College of Music appoints cello professors Raphael Wallfisch and Jakob Kullberg

London's Royal College of Music has appointed two new professors to its string faculty – cellists Raphael Wallfisch and Jakob Kullberg.

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1714 Claude Pierray violin stolen in Germany -

A violin by 18th century French maker Claude Pierray has been stolen in Grafrath, near Munich, Germany. The 1714 instrument belongs to Rüdiger Lotter,

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What would Beethoven have thought of this?

Experience the radicalism of Beethoven deconstructed by pioneering artist and composer Matthew Herbert.

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The eighteenth-century rhythm riddle: what is the quarter note quandary? - OUPblog (blog)

Depending on affekt, a quarter note may be cut quite short (like a crisp timpani attack) or held for most of the beat (as in a forlorn oboe solo).

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Founding Violinist to Exit Poland's Szymanowski String Quartet

The 44 year old has indicated he will now turn his focus to the artist and touring management agency he runs with his wife, his teaching commitments – and his new roles as Artistic Director of a new festival in Austria and Artistic Advisor to a Chamber Orchestra in Asia.

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October Pittsburgh Symphony shows canceled due to strike

"We deeply regret the cancellations of these additional concerts,” Melia Tourangeau, president and CEO of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, said in a press release. “We understand the disappointment this causes patrons and we appreciate your patience

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After rare sighting at opera, Rahm invited to dance in 'Nutcracker'

He's known as a big supporter of the arts — and has been an honorary chairman of the board at the Lyric Opera for years. But Mayor Rahm Emanuel had never actually been spotted by regulars taking in a show at the city's opera until Saturday,

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Watch violinist Nicola Benedetti perform hilarious duet starring her pet dog

VIOLIN virtuoso Nicola Benedetti has shown off the talents of her musical dog crooning along to her playing the instrument.

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Black Friday for orchestras — three strikes, and music's out

It was a dramatic weekend for the Philadelphia Orchestra. On Friday night, audience members waited in the Kimmel Center for the start of its opening-night gala, until the orchestra’s president, Allison Vulgamore, came onstage and announced that the musicians had gone on strike.

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Sneak Peek: Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra rehearsal

The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra (Facebook | Website) hosted a behind-the-scenes open rehearsal, to give a glimpse of Maestro Eric Jacobsen and the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra preparing for the opening of their 2016/17 Season.

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Leading British conductor Sir Neville Marriner dies at 92

The British conductor and violinist, Sir Neville Marriner, has died at the age of 92, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields says.

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Sir Neville Marriner obituary

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Listening to the music of Turing's computer

The earliest known recording of music produced by a computer - a machine operated by Alan Turing, no less - has finally been made to sound exactly as it did 65 years ago.

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Video: Recording an orchestral game soundtrack at Abbey Road

At GDC 2012, Craig Duman, John Kurlander, Inon Zur -- audio professionals who worked on WB Games' Lord of the Rings: War in the North -- sought to shed light on what it really takes to incorporate a live orchestra into a game's production. .

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How to give opera a fighting chance in Baltimore

Last May, a visually stylish, strongly cast production of Gounod's "Romeo et Juliette" filled the stage of the Lyric Opera House. If only seats in the theater had been filled, too.

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THE REAL GIG: Life's conductors – what Steve Jobs can teach you about the music business

Not so. Every great musician needs a great conductor. Actually, at some point, a great musician needs several conductors in his life if he or she is going to successfully navigate this ...

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New York Philharmonic to open OSU performing arts center in 2019

The New York Philharmonic will open Oklahoma State University's $60 million performing arts center in October 2019 with performances and educational events for students and the community.

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Steve Reich: ‘In my lifetime, classical music has never been so populated with talented people’

He's one of classical music’s most important composers - and on the eve of his 80th birthday, we got to ask him what he thinks about the state of classical music in 2016.

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