New appointments bring dynamic leadership to Juilliard’s first international campus in Tianjin, China

The Juilliard School announced today that it has selected Alexander Brose, vice president for development at the Aspen Music Festival and School, to serve as the first executive director and C.E.O. of The Tianjin Juilliard School, Juilliard’s new campus in Tianjin, China.

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Italia, vivaio di direttori d’orchestra, ecco la Nazionale under 40

C’è una giovane generazione di bacchette made in Italy che sta partendo alla conquista del mondo musicale

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British-Iranian composer nearly banned from her debut opera on immigration

British-Iranian composer Soosan Lolavar of London was unsure if she could attend the world premiere Saturday of her new opera in Pittsburgh. Ms. Lolavar, 29, was born and raised in London, but her father was Iranian.

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Afghan women's symphony faces hatred in pursuit of change

Afghanistan's first – and only – all-female symphony is trying to change attitudes in a deeply conservative country where many see music as immoral, especially for women.

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Tucson Symphony Orchestra names a new president/CEO

Thomas J. McKinney, the orchestra's vice president of development, replaces outgoing TSO President/CEO Mark Blakeman, who is leaving April 12 after three years to head up the new McKnight Center for the Performing Arts at Oklahoma State University

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Why do so few Des Moines-area schools offer orchestra?

Only Des Moines and West Des Moines schools have orchestra programs, leaving many young musicians seeking private lessons.

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Philharmonia announces two principal guest conductors

The Philharmonia's family of conductors now comprises Esa-Pekka Salonen (principal conductor and artistic advisor), Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor laureate) and Christoph von Dohnányi (honorary conductor for life).

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TRUTH AND MATTER | Stamina For The World's Longest Running Concert

Stouffville is trying to break the What it, and to do so must get to at least 16 ½ days, which will be on April 2, 2017.

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At Seattle Opera, the real drama is offstage

In mid-March, Seattle Opera general director Aidan Lang's assistant called his scene shop manager Michael Moore to request a meeting. Moore had no idea of the bombshell Lang was going to drop.

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Mahler Sheet Music Borrowed by Leonard Bernstein Returns To Vienna

The composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein may have been a genius, but he was, apparently, fickle with other people's belongings.

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Horace Trubridge wins MU General Secretary election

The results of the election were announced 27th March by the independent scrutineer. The ballot of members was held between 6 and 27 March 2017 and there were two candidates: MU Executive Committee member Kathy Dyson and MU Assistant General Secretary Horace Trubridge.

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Classic fm found an organist who can trace his teacher lineage back to Mozart

97-year-old Classic FM listener Victor can trace a line directly back to Mozart himself – and here’s the evidence.

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CCTV appeal after rare violin is stolen from a train

The victim boarded the 6.30am Gatwick Express train from London Victoria, and when she got off at Gatwick Airport she realised her violin was no longer on the overhead rack. Officers would like to speak to the woman shown in the CCTV image as she may ...

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Fake Brexit News - EU Funded Orchestra Moves To Belgium To Stay In EU Shocker

The story about the European Union Baroque Orchestra is doing the rounds again and this is an excellent example of that fake news which we're all told we must be so vigilant against these days.

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Music guides PSU blind violist on life's path

“In fall of 2015 I learned music Braille, so now they can convert my scores to Braille and I can go through and feel if I miss any details,” she told KOIN 6 News. “But everything is memorized now. … Everything is catalogued and stored in my brain, memorized.”

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Pittsburgh Symphony gets $5M grant from Heinz Endowments

Jodi Weisfield, senior vice president of development and chief development officer at the Pittsburgh Symphony, said: “There is a tremendous amount of work ahead for the Pittsburgh Symphony's fundraising team

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Australia’s first Orchestral Performance master’s degree launches at University of Melbourne with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

The very first qualification of its kind in the Asia Pacific region, the two-year degree has been developed to provide future generations of performing musicians greater employment opportunities both nationally and internationally.

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The Halle - The Robots are Coming! featuring Halléoojamaflipaphon By Steve Pickett

robots on percussion

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Student to run half marathon dressed as a viola in world record attempt

A viola student from Birmingham Conservatoire is trying to break the world record for the fastest half marathon dressed as a musical instrument.

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Serbia returns precious stolen violin to France

Nearly two years after it was stolen from a Paris home, a violin worth 300,000 euros (S$452,437.25), found in Serbia, will soon be back with its owner after it was handed over to French authorities in Belgrade

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How the LA Phil Can Stay on Top of the Orchestra World

What the L.A. Phil needs is continuity, not change. The orchestra was already a singular, potent institution when Borda arrived: her contribution was to understand its nature and move it forward.

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Australia’s first Orchestral Performance master’s degree launches at University of Melbourne with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

The very first qualification of its kind in the Asia Pacific region, the two-year degree has been developed to provide future generations of performing musicians greater employment opportunities both nationally and internationally.

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Musician accuses conductor Urbanski, ISO of age discrimination

During a rehearsal for the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra in November 2015, principal bassoonist John Wetherill stopped playing his instrument.

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Bay Area: Longtime symphony exec leaving post

Brent Assink is the longtime San Francisco Symphony executive director who is stepping down in March.

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Le théâtre du Capitole annule sa représentation car le ténor se trouve en garde à vue

La dernière représentation de « Ernani », l’opéra de Verdi a été annulé mardi au Capitole. Le ténor s’expliquait pour des violences sur une femme face aux policiers. L’artiste a été condamné.

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Instruments, awards and manuscripts belonging to celebrated composer Sir Malcolm Arnold to go under the hammer

Instruments, awards and manuscripts belonging to celebrated composer Sir Malcolm Arnold to go under the hammerNorfolk Eastern Daily PressInstruments, awards, manuscripts and other items belonging to composer Sir Malcolm Arnold will go under the hammer at the Assembly House in Norwich on April 6. ...

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Queen Elisabeth Music Competition 2017 names 70 cello candidates

This year's Queen Elisabeth contest is the first to be dedicated to the cello – the fourth instrument to be included in the annual contest, which up to this point has covered violin, piano and voice in a three-year cycle.

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Thailand's blind children's orchestra

The Thai Blind Orchestra is made up of young musicians and is run by a man whose daytime job is managing an elephant conservation centre.

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Curtis Institute of Music Partners with Preservica to Make Over 90 Years of Musical Artistry Available On-Demand

The halls of the Curtis Institute of Music are certainly alive with the sound of gifted young performers, but these days Curtis is putting digital preservation top of the agenda to ensure that their art will be available on-demand and preserved indefinitely.

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The Jessye Norman 'White Gates' Collection

The famed opera and concert singer Jessye Norman is moving from her gracious country home, White Gates, and Doyle is honored to offer the contents of this special property at auction.

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Malta International Violin Making Competition 2017 names winners

Run by the Central Academy of Arts, the contest received 61 separate instrument and bow entries this year, while makers hailed from nine different countries. Representatives of China headed the field with 23 makers, followed by Italy, Japan, South Korea, UK, US, Sweden/France, Czech Republic and Cyprus.

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Violinist Nathan Meltzer, aged 16, wins Windsor Festival International String Competition

2017’s youngest finalist, Meltzer wins a £5,000 cash award, a fine contemporary bow from Bishop Instruments and Bows, a solo recording on Champs Hill Records and performance opportunities

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How musical is Roger Federer? Watch this…

The timing is, as you’d expect, exquisite.

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Musicians must keep Britain in tune with EU after Brexit, says Ashkenazy

Many British classical musicians expect Brexit to set up new travel barriers and present fresh difficulties for orchestras receiving EU funding.

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Prized trumpet is buried in friend's casket by mistake

Maddox didn’t discover his Conn was missing until several days after Schunke's service, long after his friend had been interred at a Salem cemetery.

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Why music can literally make us lose track of time

Have you ever been so captivated by a piece of music that you’ve lost all sense of time? Or the opposite – been forced to listen to music so monotonous that you feared it would never end?

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Violinist Hilary Hahn gives concerts for babies

The US artist identified a gap in the market following the birth of her first child – a daughter named Zelda – in 2015

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where have classical music's uppercase letters gone?

Composers of what is known, for better or worse, as classical music have broken over time with sonata form, tonality, serialism and minimalism. And in recent decades, quite a few have also broken with the shift keys on their keyboards.

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100 Year Old Conductor, Maestro Anton Coppola to Lead Opera Tampa in Concert

March 21, 2017 marks the 100th birthday of Maestro Anton Coppola, the conductor and composer whose career has spanned from singing in the Metropolitan Opera Children's Chorus for the American premiere of Puccini's Turandot

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Dubai and BBC Proms strike a chord for the globalisation of classical music

Next week, one of the bastions of the British cultural calendar – the BBC Proms – comes to Dubai, and its arrival marks the latest blossoming of the UAE’s cultural fortunes.

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Unclassifiable Black Violin keeps kicking down musical walls

Violist Wil B (left) and violinist Kev Marcus –That feeling of prestigiousness is why a lot of kids don’t connect with that music, particularly in an inner city. “We’re showing kids that you can do anything you want with an instrument. We bridge gaps.

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Conductor more minor than Barenboim (paywall)

Daniel Barenboim first conducted an orchestra at the age of 12 while Sir Simon Rattle was 13. Matthew Smith may have something of a head start on them

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Is nonprofit the best way to do classical music?

It's the standard model in the United States, but does that mean it's the best model?

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Carnegie Hall Announces Musicians Selected for the National Youth Orchestra

Carnegie Hall recently announced the names of the 116 talented young musicians selected from across the country for the fifth annual National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA

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Whatever happened to improvisation in classical music?

The majority of classical musicians fear improvisation even though they admire people who possess the skill.

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Artificial intelligence can write classical music like a human composer.

There's nothing stopping a machine designed in our image from performing at least as equally well as humans in virtually any task. If you're a skeptic, it's enough to look at what a company from Luxemburg called Aviva Technologies is doing.

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Beethoven’s Ode to Joy Played With 167 Theremins Placed Inside Matryoshka Dolls in Japan

including Leon Theremin playing his own instrument

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Khatia Buniatishvili, la Betty Boop du piano

La pop star du classique, c’est elle. Avec son look de pin-up et un jeu très libre, la virtuose géorgienne dynamite les codes. Rencontre.

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Amazing Humans: The one-handed concert pianist

When Nicholas had a dream to be a concert pianist, there were those who said it couldn't be done.

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Guardian ends blog deal with Lyn Gardner

Journalist and critic Lyn Gardner’s contract to write 150 theatre blogs for the Guardian has been cancelled.

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The Fate of the Critic in the Clickbait Age

The critic’s profession may be destined to fade away, but others will have to take up this simple, irritating, somehow necessary job.

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Elly Suh wins Moroccan Philharmonic Violin Competition 2017

The South Korean-American violinist receives €5,000 and a number of performance opportunities

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Vlogging school replaces violin lessons for pushy parents (paywall)

Forget ballet, choir or even karate — the hottest after-school activity for today's ambitious youngsters is learning how to “vlog”.

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‘I’m thinking of giving up classical music’ – says top violinist Nigel Kennedy

“No musician on the planet believes in some kind of protectionist scenario like Brexit or who would be so selfish to not want to help someone less fortunate than themselves… I’m extremely embarrassed and upset by the whole scenario.”

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A Bechstein grand from 1899 returns to Wigmore Hall on Saturday evening!

Pierre-Laurent Aimard gives a pre-concert talk about the instrument before his recital

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This 'Airbnb For Classical Music' Is Changing How Young People Experience The Genre Live

The company pairs up music lovers with a space to offer

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Gilbert next vying for KSO conductor job

Dina Gilbert had no choice — music was going to be part of her life. One of six girls in the family, she had a dad who always regretted his own parents couldn’t provide him with the opportunity to learn to play music so he was determined his kids would have that change, Gilbert said.

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This antique machine plays three violins at once

This violin player was included in the 1910 World’s Exhibition in Brussels and it’s been lovingly restored to its original glory by Dutch restorer Fred Bernouw.

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Nicholas Carter has ASO contract extended (and a new job)

The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra's chief will also head Austria's Stadttheater Klagenfurt and Kärntner Sinfonieorchester.

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Pianist who battled depression hails 'support' from Lottery funding

The Derry-born pianist went on to win both the BBC and RTE Young Musician of the Year competitions, was invited to play concertos with orchestras such as the BBC Philharmonic and the London Mozart Players, and also toured as a solo recitalist throughout Europe.

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Masterpiece restored: Stolen Stradivarius will sing again

After a meticulous restoration that took more than a year, a Stradivarius violin that was stolen from violinist Roman Totenberg and missing for decades is about to return to the stage.

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PRESS RELEASE - Meurig Bowen delivers stellar Cheltenham Music Festival to mark his 10th anniversary as Director

Highlights include performances by Bryn Terfel, The Hallé, Chineke! Orchestra and the CBSO with Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla; anniversary Monteverdi from I Fagiolini and Academy of Ancient Music, a new BBC Young Musician series including Sheku Kanneh- Mason, and the first outing of the Philharmonia’s Virtual Orchestra outside of London. The music of over 50 living composers is represented in the programme – including 20 premieres

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From opera singer to site manager

Having left the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 2012, I began to take my first steps on the road to what promised to be a successful career as an opera singer.

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Pawn receipt leads to violin's recovery

Leaving behind his driver's license likely made it easier for police to catch a man who they said stole a Lexus from a parking lot that had a high-priced violin inside. The events leading to his arrest began March 1

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DSO deb ball organizers say it raised $400000 for orchestra programs

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra League's Presentation Ball last month is expected to net $400,000 to support the Youth Concert Series, public performances and other community programs.

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Music 'could face extinction' in secondary schools

Creative education should not be restricted to pupils whose parents can pay, says the NASUWT teachers' union

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Handel's Hallelujah chorus on trumpet and organ is a thing of immense joy

t's all courtesy of Michael Rossi, of the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra.

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Prince of Wales presents Royal College of Music with rare Chinese stringed instrument

At the Royal College of Music’s annual President’s Visit this week, HRH The Prince of Wales listened to a performance on a guzheng, a rare 21-string Chinese zither.

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Behind the scenes at the ballet

Photographer Justin Slee goes backstage with the Leeds-based Northern Ballet company as the dancers prepare for their new production based on the life of Giacomo Casanova.

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La La Land music director to work with English National Opera

Marius de Vries joins as creative consultant to help new artistic director develop projects away from traditional operal

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How a Yellow Cab Ride Created A Classical Music Connection - WQXR Radio (blog)

The first thing I noticed as I slid into the passenger seat of the yellow cab with my kids crowding into the back was that the radio was switched to WQXR.

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Mozart manuscript fails to sell; $200000 bid was expected

Auction house executive vice president Robert Livingston says the music "shows off the virtuosity of the solo violinist" and likely was written to be played by Mozart himself.

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This futuristic Chinese opera house looks like a spaceship

Following in the tradition of iconic opera houses around the globe — think of Sydney's well-known waterside structure, or the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles — Harbin now has its own unique cathedral to the classic art.

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Vienna Philharmonic Appoints New 1st Violinist From Within

The Vienna Philharmonic has today announced the appointment of 30 year old New Zealand violinist Benjamin Morrison to their 1st violin section.

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Jonas Kaufmann: A Tenor in Demand, Now in Short Supply

Big names make a big difference at the Metropolitan Opera’s struggling box office, where star singers can drive up attendance by 10 to 20 percentage points.

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Stanisław Skrowaczewski obituary

The benevolent spirit of Anton Bruckner hovered over the life and career of the conductor and composer Stanisław Skrowaczewski, who has died aged 93

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When did you last hear live music? Stand up and be counted

The first ever UK Live Music Census is surveying a day’s worth of live music across the country. In a digital world with ever more ways to listen, is being there still the biggest thrill?How many times have you heard music today?

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All-black orchestra strives to widen music choices of African Americans - Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)

The orchestra's appearance in Migos' latest video signifies opulence, and Orchestra Noir says their participation is a way to reach young African Americans, an audience who may not routinely frequent orchestra concert halls.

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BBC National Orchestra of Wales to perform Malala speech premiere

A musical world premiere set to the words of Malala Yousafzai will be performed in Cardiff to mark International Women's Day.

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Competitors named for this year's Van Cliburn International Piano Competition

The entire competition will be webcast live on cliburn.org. In addition, the final round will be broadcast in cinemas around the United States.

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Placido Domingo is opera's marathon man at 76

Placido Domingo's personal motto, "If I rest, I rust," says it all.

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WATCH: Pianist banned by apartheid makes his orchestral debut aged 74

After a bout of the butterflies‚ pianist Reggie Dreyer basked in a standing ovation on Tuesday after playing with a symphony orchestra 56 years after apartheid robbed him of the chance to do so.

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Love letters between Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears go on display

Ardent and joyful love between composer and tenor is revealed in exhibition marking 50th anniversary of Sexual Offences Act Extracts from letters between Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears have gone on display at the Red House in Aldeburgh,

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A major operatic loss: Kurt Moll dies at 78

"Kurt Moll could bring the great bass roles from Wagner, Mozart and Strauss to life like no one else," Bachler said in his announcement.

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Fresno Grand Opera is late paying musicians for 'Our Town'

The union representing the musicians is filing charges with the state labor commissioner.

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Krzysztof Penderecki: Nie współpracowałem z SB

Nigdy nie byłem współpracownikiem Służby Bezpieczeństwa, nie posiadam także żadnych informacji na temat istnienia rzekomej "teczki" dotyczącej mojej osoby - napisał Krzysztof Penderecki w przesłanym PAP w piątek wieczorem oświadczeniu.

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Kulturministerens idé: Koncerthus, orkestre og kor skal fjernes fra DR

Mette Bock ser fordele ved, at DR fokuserer på medieindhold. Det Kgl. Teater kunne overtage DR’s kor og orkestre.

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We need more women composers – and it's not about tokenism, it's about talent. by Susanna Eastburn

Why are female composers not taken as seriously as their male counterparts? Sound and Music, the national development organisation for new music, are determined to do something about it

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Mendelssohn's sister honoured at last as lost sonata's composer (paywall)

The piece for piano is not by the celebrated composer Felix Mendelssohn but by his sister, Fanny. The Easter Sonata remained lost for 140 years before being discovered in the 1970s

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Birmingham set to become the capital of 'people's classical music ' says Julian Lloyd Webber

Birmingham set to become the capital of 'people's classical music ' says Julian Lloyd Webber. Cellist looks foward to heading new £57m conservatoire but is concerned about government cuts.

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Mozart in Nairobi's Korogocho slum

With their flutes, cellos and saxophones, the children of the Ghetto Classics Orchestra brighten the Korogocho slum.

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Kasper Holten: the British learned to love fine wine and they can love opera too

The British are prejudiced against opera, according to the outgoing head of the Royal Opera House, who has drawn a parallel between the nation's musical tastes and its former love of Blue Nun. Just as British consumers once had terrible taste in wine but eventually learned to like the good stuff, so they can develop an appreciation of Verdi and Puccini, according to Kasper Holten.

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World renowned trumpet player returns home to teach MCPS students

Allen Vizzutti returned to his hometown and hosted a clinic for middle school trumpet players at Meadow Hill Middle School.

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Sheet music handwritten by Mozart when he was 17 expected to raise huge amount at auction

The single page manuscript dates from 1773 and shows the child prodigy's mastery of orchestral composition.

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Yves Abel has extended his contract as Chief Conductor of Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie until 2020

Principal Guest Conductor of the Deutsche Oper Berlin from 2005 – 2011, Yves Abel combines NWD’s busy concert commitment with an international opera career (forthcoming projects include new productions of Midsummer Night’s Dream for Hamburg Opera, L’elisir d’amore for Canadian Opera)

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Musicians join orchestra rebirth

After a period of “dormancy”, the Bermuda Philharmonic Society is set to return to the stage this weekend in an effort to entertain and promote the arts. ...

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Ofsted: instruments 'dumped from school music lessons'

Children are being prevented from playing instruments in school music lessons as classes are increasingly turned over to tedious writing exercises, according to Ofsted.

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Classical concerts are officially more popular than football matches in Germany

There's been a serious increase in concert attendance in the last year - seemingly at the expense of the Bundesliga.

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Hand-written Chopin score bought by Warsaw museum

The partial score for the G-minor op. 23 piece is the only score for a Chopin ballade in Poland.

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‘The world is really scary at the moment, but music keeps us together,’ says legendary soprano Angela Gheorghiu

In 2017 Angela Gheorghiu is celebrating 25 years with the Royal Opera House and 150 performances on its stage.

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St Paul’s appoints first full-time female chorister in 1,000-year history

Carris Jones, 35, was unanimously selected to join the choir’s alto section by a panel including the cathedral’s director of music, organist and team of clergymen after several rounds of auditions.

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