Meet the Canadian composer who's created a basketball symphony for the TSO

"The TSO's principal percussionist is actually doing an amazing job at timing the basketball bounces perfectly so they happen when they're supposed to," he said.

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Andrew Marr: The ENO in crisis? The sheer quality of its operas can very quickly turn that around

If the ENO was itself an opera, it would end with the stage knee- deep in gore, the cellos sawing frantically and the tubas at their most mournful, and most of the key players lying with dagger handles in their backs

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Met Opera offers buyouts to 21 of 243 administrative workers

New York's Metropolitan Opera says three days after opening its season it has offered buyouts to 21 of its 243 full-time administrative employees. A financial report issued in June showed the Met had $294 million in operating expenses

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Watch Steven Spielberg shock Seattle Symphony crowd with guest conductor John Williams

Seattle's Benaroya Hall was already experiencing a treat Wednesday night as guest conductor John Williams led the Seattle Symphony in selections from the composer's scores for such films as Star Wars, E.T., Indiana Jones, Schindler's List and others.and more 

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Stolen Oboe, Ireland

My oboe has been stolen from my house in Glenageary today 27/09/2017. Can you please keep an eye out in music shops, pawn shops or sale websites. Reward offered for its recovery. Its a Marigaux 901 conservatoire system s/n 19376. It was in a black case with a black cover.

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Sydney Symphony Orchestra Slammed For Tone Deaf Stance On SSM Survey

I can really only speak for myself and my personal experience and why I feel it's important as a Classical musician myself to speak up for the LGBTQ community. I'm gay myself, so I guess I'm biased. I also work with a lot of LGBTQ musicians in the ...and more »

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Sydney Symphony's neutrality on marriage equality 'craven'

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra has been accused of “craven” behaviour by its inaugural chairman, Leo Schofield, for refusing to take a stance on marriage equality.

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Violinist Pekka Kuusisto: the David Bowie of the fiddle

It was at the Royal Albert Hall last year that Pekka Kuusisto went from being the best-kept secret quirky genius in classical music to mass entertainer.

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Violin, viola and several bows stolen from Parisian flat

Violin, viola and several bows stolen from Parisian flatThe StradFrench violinist and conductor Julien Chauvin has been the victim of a burglary, losing a violin, his wife Marie Legendre's viola, plus a number of modern and period bows...

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Does opera deserve its privileged status within arts funding? -

It is a strange reality but opera as an artform is always given special and arguably preferential treatment by governments and other influential forces in Western society. This happens, it seems, regardless of whatever government is in power.

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Chinese Piano Prodigy Wows Netizens With Epic Performance on Australian Talent Show

Chen Anke flew all the way from China to make herself known to the Australian crowd, and host Shane Jacobson couldn’t help but ask the child prodigy if she likes popular musical artists such as Taylor Swift.

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Philadelphia Orchestra Donates Instruments To Aspiring Musicians

The Philadelphia Orchestra is hitting the road this week in various city neighborhoods for instrument donations and ensemble performances to spread the word about classical music to youngsters.

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Estonian composer Arvo Pärt awarded Ratzinger Prize

The prizes will be awarded to the recipients at an event in Vatican City on Nov. 18. Pope Benedict XVI served as Pope from 2005-2013.

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This 12-year-old cellist writes and plays his own compositions and they are phenomenal

This 12-year-old cellist writes and plays his own compositions and they are phenomenal. 25 September 2017, 14:28. 12-year-old ...

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Alto saxophonist shares his astonishing trick for playing 128 notes in an octave

In Western tonal music, we generally say a full major or minor scale is made up of eight notes (although there can be up to 24 in middle eastern music which uses the Arab tone system).

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In Chicago, gay Russian violinist finds freedom, family

He came to the city two years ago, after attending college in Canada, to work with the renowned violinist Almita Vamos, who calls him "a very natural player, with a natural, beautiful sound."

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Five questions with Philip Hill

Philip Hill is the new principal bassoon of the Midland-Odessa Symphony and Chorale and bassoonist of West Texas Winds.

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Melbourne Unlikely to Get Its Own Opera Company

Audiences in Melbourne are currently served by two seasons of performances put on by the Sydney-based Opera Australia at the State Theatre. Opera Australia was created in 1996 by the merger of Victoria State Opera, which was on the verge of financial collapse, with the Australian Opera.

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Relationship goals: 94-year-old pianist with dementia plays his wife’s favourite piece on their 75th anniversary

94-year-old Edward is a jazz pianist who was in a jazz band for over 30 years – and he was recently reunited with his band, whom he had not seen or played with for 25 years

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A pianist is composing classical music from irregular heartbeats, to help diagnose patients

A musical scientist believes that composing music which accurately reproduces irregular heartbeats could help doctors develop a more advanced understanding of arrhythmia

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Post of principal conductor might be axed

The post of principal conductor of the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra might remain vacant following the controversial sacking of Mro Brian Schembri, with one of the options being considered is having various conductors taking charge during the year.

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Exclusive: Cressida Pollock to leave English National Opera

The chief executive of English National Opera, Cressida Pollock, is to leave her job three years after she was appointed to rescue the company from financial disaster.

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Picking apart the orchestra lockout

When he's not busy conducting orchestras, Leonard Slatkin writes books. His second, with the terrible title “Leading Tones,” has just been published by Amadeus Press.

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Man desperately wants stolen saxophone back

The sax is also gold in colour and looks unusual as it is the smallest make of the saxophone family. Its brand name is 'Chateu'. The saxophone has been reported stolen at the Krugersdorp Police Station.

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Thief steals flute from CFA, remains at large

A man steals a flute — worth at least $12,800 — from the College of Fine Arts at Boston University on Aug. 29 and has not yet been caught.

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Becoming a better and happier musician through mindfulness and yoga -

Classical musicians have been taught from an early age that making music is an emotional undertaking, and as we progress through our studies, an intellectual and scholarly pursuit;

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Lightning quick instrument change after reed fails

London Symphony Orchestra Principal Oboe Olivier Stankiewicz during The Damnation of Faust last Sunday

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Clarinetist Anthony McGill and flutist Demarre McGill in conversation

Brothers Anthony and Demarre McGill both have successful careers as orchestral musicians.

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BBC tests whether sopranos really can shatter glass in Opera season

The BBC will test whether a trained tenor really can shatter glass during a major Autumn season devoted to opera.

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Protesting Venezuelan violinist may seek asylum in US

A violinist who became the young face of anti-government protests in Venezuela may soon seek political asylum in the United States.

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13 things you’ll know if you grew up with a musician

Remember that time your parents didn’t turn up to your hockey match so they could watch your sister’s billionth flute recital? Yeah – us too. These are the worst things about growing up with a musician in the house…

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uMhlanga musician distraught over flute theft

A CLASSICAL musician has told of her devastation after her prized flute was stolen from the boot of her car at a service station in Westville. Rozanne Paragon, a principal flautist with the Durban City Orchestra

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Tributes flow to tenor Zurab Sotkilava, who dies aged 80 - Agenda.ge

Agenda.geTributes flow to tenor Zurab Sotkilava, who dies aged 80Agenda.geThe Georgian tenor's career continued at the Moscow Bolshoi Theatre from 1964, with performing career accompanied by teaching work at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory from 1975. Over his operatic career Sotkilava performed principal roles in ...and more »

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Ida Haendel, wondervioliste van onbestemde leeftijd

Als student medicijnen legde Jelle Pieter de Boer uit Groningen contact met de violiste die hij zo bewonderde: Ida Haendel. Sinds hun eerste ontmoeting fotografeert hij haar.

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Phoenix Symphony principal clarinet Alex Laing earns honor

Principal Clarinet of The Phoenix Symphony Alex Laing has been announced as one of the 2018 recipients of the Sphinx Medals of Excellence by the Sphinx Organization, the national social justice and arts nonprofit dedicated to transforming lives through the power of diversity in the arts.

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The Doppler effect explained using only skis and a trombone

So long as skiing and a trombone is involved, there is no such thing as a dull science lesson.

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Chart-topping composer Max Richter has the BEST piece of advice for young composers

Max Richter composes and records his own music, writes for stage, opera, ballet and both the big and small screen, produces and collaborates with other amazing artists in the classical world, as well as collaborating with performance, installation and media artists.

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Ioan Holender: "Gern gebe ich für nichts Geld aus" (paywall)

Ioan Holenders Sparsamkeit ist legendär. Heute habe die Staatsoper zu viel Geld, findet ihr ehemaliger Direktor. Mit dem designierten Opernchef, Bogdan Roščić, führt er ausgiebige Gespräche, als sein Berater sieht er sich dennoch nicht.

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Le financement des festivals d’opéra en Europe : d’importantes disparités

Cet article présente des statistiques sur le budget, la fréquentation et le mode de financement de huit des plus « grands » festivals d’opéra en Europe. Il ne prétend pas décrire l’ensemble du système de financement des festivals, mais vise à donner quelques indicateurs de cadrage.

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Pulling out of last concert led to conductor sacking

Brian Schembri's decision to pull out of last June's season-closing concert was the straw that broke the camel's back, forcing the National Philharmonic Orchestra to sack its conductor, this newspaper has learnt.

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Classical music impresario Harry Christophers has advice for aspiring young musicians

It started in 2000 as a millennium initiative “and everyone said we were mad; we'd be bankrupt.”

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Steven Reineke is Houston Symphony's stylish new conductor

When I'm at the tailors, I conduct. I wave my arms and make sure it doesn't pull or tug in places where it shouldn't.

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Yo-Yo Ma does the impossible at the Hollywood Bowl

He was a very small figure seated on a wide expanse, a large stage empty but for a cellist on a chair. The Hollywood Bowl shell was lighted midnight blue. The amphitheater was probably kept as dark as the fire marshal would allow.

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Opera needs to tackle its biases. The future of the industry depends on it

Unveiling her final program for Opera Queensland, Lindy Hume reflects on the transformative power of the art form – and the problems that plague it

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Opera star Dame Kiri Te Kanawa announces retirement at 73

The world-famous opera singer Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, who sang at the wedding of the Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, has called time on her long career.

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Robot 'conductor' steals show from Italy's top tenor Bocelli but can't improvise

The concert in the heart of Pisa is a world first, with two mechanical “arms” conducting live music at the grand finale of the first International Festival of Robotics.

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What tunes make your brain happy? An opera diva and a neuroscientist want to know

Earlier this year, Fleming participated in a study at the National Institutes of Health. For two hours, the soprano alternated between speaking lyrics, singing lyrics and imagining that she was singing. After the study, the scan revealed that compared to speaking, more areas of the brain were active when Fleming was either singing or imagining that she was singing.

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Do I follow the soloist or the conductor?

Ray Chen's cautionary tale....

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Sir Peter Hall: Theatre giant dies aged 86

Founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company and former National Theatre director Sir Peter Hall has died at the age of 86.

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CBSO receives An £800,000 Legacy

The legacy was left by a frequent CBSO concert-goer and supporting member who lived in Lichfield. It will support the CBSO’s activity in the UK over an eight-year period, meaning that as the CBSO passes its centenary in 2020 he will have helped to ensure the CBSO continues to thrive for music lovers of the future.

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CBSO Appoints Sub-Principal No. 6 Cello

The CBSO is delighted to announce that Miguel Fernandes has been appointed to the role of Sub-Principal No. 6 Cello. He will join the orchestra from October 2017.

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PhD candidate CALL FOR RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS to complete a 10 minute survey

I am a graduate from the Royal College of Music and am currently a PhD candidate at the University of Central Lancashire. I am researching recent music graduates’ perceived readiness for the profession. For this project I have developed a short ANONYMOUS online survey to collect responses from adult musicians who graduated from conservatoire 5 years ago, or less. The survey should take about 10 minutes to complete. It has been approved by the UClan Research Ethics Committee , BAHSS

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Ukraine experiencing a cultural rebirth, says conductor Oksana Lyniv

At just 39, Oksana Lyniv can already look back at impressive achievements as a conductor. From 2008 to 2013, she was associate chief conductor of the Odessa National Opera

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Why 30,000 People Came Out to See a Swedish Singer Arrive in New York

Lind, a Swedish opera singer, made her American debut in New York on this day in 1850. She'd already received a more-than-warm welcome, as thousands of fans besotted by the 30-year-old singer's reputation rushed to greet her at the docks. Why?

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Renowned Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Welcomes New Music Director

The highly regarded period-instrument ensemble Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra has a new music director. Elisa Citterio has stepped into the position formerly held by Jeanne Lamon since 1981.

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Simon Rattle exhibition turns the master conductor into a handful of dots - Alphr

AlphrSimon Rattle exhibition turns the master conductor into a handful of dotsAlphrSir Simon Rattle – one of the world's best-known composers – is to be transformed into a screen of floating dots, as part of a pair of artworks celebrating the composer (and one-time Mr Bean co-star) while he begins his inaugural season as music ...

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British conductor sacked by US music festival after 'innocent' joke with his African-American friend was labelled racist

It is understood a white woman who overheard the joke reported it to officials at the University of Oregon, which runs the festival, claiming it amounted to a racial slur.

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These are the biggest pop songs to sample classical music in the last 25 years

Our very own John Suchet said: "This list of hits from the past 25 years is so fantastic because it confirms just how relevant classical music is to our lives. We are on a mission to make classical music accessible to everyone

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Daniel Hope: How 'luck of the Irish' saved family caught up in apartheid

The journey to Ireland will be an emotional one when he stars at the BBC Proms in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh.

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I Joined An Orchestra At Age 70 And It Boosted My Confidence

Thomas Jefferson once told his daughter, “Do not neglect your music; it will be a companion which will sweeten many hours of life to you.”

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At The Dallas Opera, The Future of Opera Leadership is Female -

In master classes, the conductors work with a live orchestra while being coached by Marin Alsop, the music director of Baltimore Symphony Orchestra,

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It's a deal: Dallas Symphony Orchestra musicians agree to new three-year contract

The Dallas Symphony Association and its musicians have ratified a new three-year contract, backdated to Sept. 1. The deal, announced Thursday in a news release, calls for no wage increases in the first year of the contract

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Europe's First Black & Minority Ethnic Orchestra Disrupting The White-Dominated Classical Music Scene

If you are familiar with the classical music world, you know will know that many of the major orchestras and composers are predominantly white. It is an industry where minorities are exactly that, but one particular group of musicians is disrupting this arena to give visibility to underrepresented people.

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Afendi Yusuf primed to get down to work as new principal clarinet of Cleveland Orchestra

In appointing Yusuf to one of its most prominent posts, the group made what he calls an inspired choice.

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Bach Festival firing raises troubling questions

Matthew Halls has been fired, leaving the Oregon Bach Festival without an artistic director. That's about all we know for sure at this point, and that's too bad for everyone involved

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LA Chamber Orchestra Receives Historic $1.5 Million Gift For Principal Oboe Chair

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO), currently celebrating its 50th anniversary season, received a $1.5 million gift, the largest in the Orchestra's history, from philanthropists Carol and Warner Henry

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Defunct Salem Symphony scrambles to pay promised scholarships, seeks donors

After dissolving at the end of August for financial reasons, the Salem Symphony is struggling to pay scholarships promised to winners of a competition the symphony held earlier this summer.

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Loren Kitt, who spent 46 years as principal clarinetist for the NSO, dies at 76

Loren Kitt, who served for more than 40 years as one of the National Symphony Orchestra's de facto leaders in his role as principal clarinetist and became a quiet cornerstone of Washington's classical music scene, died Sept. 4

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Tributes paid to Scottish composer John Maxwell-Geddes

Tributes paid to Scottish composer John Maxwell-Geddes - BBC NewsBBC NewsJohn Maxwell Geddes, known for his collaboration with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, dies after a short illness.

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On Monday 25 September 2017, the Philharmonia Orchestra will release its second exclusive piece of Virtual Reality content, Beethoven’s Fifth.

Shot by Google’s VR team, the new film was conceived in partnership with Google and NASA to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the launch of the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft, and the Golden Records that they each carried.

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The death has been announced of composer Derek Bourgeois. He was aged 75.

For many years he was a lecturer in music at Bristol University, and was Director of the National Youth Orchestra from 1984 to 1993. In 1994 he was appointed Director of Music at St Paul's Girls School, London, a position previously held by a number of noted composers, including Gustav Holst and his former mentor Howells.

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When Haydn gets killed by a mobile phone, you stop the whole concert

“This is the rare moment when our minds can focus on one thing, and the least you can do is honour it by listening, and being there in silence.”

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ARD Music Competition 2017

Participants and Results

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Syrian refugee presents violin he made to Michael D Higgins

Irish TimesA Syrian refugee who made a violin from scratch after arriving in Ireland last March has presented the instrument to President Michael D Higgins at Áras an Uachtaráin. Almuthna Loulah, who lives in a refugee reception centre in Ballaghaderreen,Co Roscommon

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Holst's "Jupiter" by Melodica Men

This video brings you jollity,

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Experience counts in orchestras – but where are the opportunities?

Esker Festival Orchestra and SinfoNua will be among victims of musical decline at RTÉ

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Fancy a cheap night at the Royal Opera House? Take your seat on the floor

The Royal Opera House is to offer stalls tickets for its most popular productions for as little as £10, rather than the usual £230. 

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Franco Zeffirelli: Eine Heimat für ein Lebenswerk

In Florenz haben Memorabilien von Franco Zeffirelli, dem vielseitigen Meister-Regisseur, ein eindrucksvolles neues Zuhause bekommen.

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An *oboist* inhaled helium and played a virtuosic Mozart concerto

Yesterday clarinettist Emil Jonason introduced something very, er, interesting: Mozart's Clarinet Concerto played after the performer inhaled helium. Here it is:

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Renowned violinist thanks childhood teacher for her dedication to music

Stephanie Jeong has come a long way since she first took up the violin with teacher Betty Haag. “It was always a part of my daily life. Even if it was just for 15 minutes every single day, she made sure it was daily,” said 30-year-old Jeong

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ARD Competition announces violin finalists

The finalists in the violin section have now been announced, following a first, second and semi-final round. They are: Kristine Balanas (Latvia), Sarah Christian (Germany), and Andrea Obiso (Italy).

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Bradetich double bass competition heads into finals

The Bradetich Foundation International Double Bass Solo Competition at the North Texas College of Music, in Denton, Texas, has named it's four finalists: Simon Marciniak, Marek Romanowski, Dominik Wagner and Mikyung Sung.

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Itzhak Perlman gives us his five ultimate pro-tips for practising

Itzhak Perlman is one of today’s greatest violinists – so who better to ask for advice on how to get the most out of your practice and tackling nerves? We spoke to the brilliant musician in London’s Savoy Hotel, ahead of the UK leg of his European tour.

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Should female musicians be allowed to dress how they want?

Here’s exactly what French journalist Aliette de Laleu has to say about the matter.

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The Simpsons producers say 'fired' composer Alf Clausen still has a role on the show

Show bosses said in a statement that they were "committed to the finest in music for The Simpsons, absolutely including orchestral."

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The trainer who sings opera to racehorses

Every afternoon the horses are treated to plenty of Mozart, and Heather believes it is the key to her racing success.

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Into the classical music bear-pit: Alan Johnson goes to the Proms

Growing up in North Kensington Alan Johnson used to play around the Albert Hall but never went inside. 60 years later we sent the former home secretary along to experience the Proms for the first time. What did he make of it?

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I'm making Mum proud with this violin... and a little poorer, too

Parents are going into the red to give their children a leg up

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CSO makes major debuts in United Kingdom to rave reviews

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra was the first American orchestra to be broadcast to a national audience in 1921. Last week, the orchestra had another broadcasting first.

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'Singing underwater is really something else': how to make a submerged symphony – video

How do you sing underwater, let alone play a string instrument? Danish avant-garde ensemble Between Music bring their ethereal underwater concert Aquasonic to Australia for the 2018 Sydney festival.

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Nancy Welch Knowles, who gave Lyric Opera $10 million, dead at 86

Nancy Welch Knowles, who gave $10 million to the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the largest individual gift in its 63-year history, has died at 86

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2nd Round Candidates Announced at Germany's ARD International Violin Competition

For the 2nd round stage, each candidate will present a full Classical and a Romantic/20th Century Violin Sonata with piano – plus a selected modern work.

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Venezuela uses youth orchestra musicians as political pawns

I was eagerly anticipating the Sept. 9 performance of the National Youth Orchestra of Venezuela at Wolf Trap. However, because of an irrational, reprehensible decision by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, we will be deprived

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Philharmonia picks principal oboe, 22

Gordon Hunt, the veteran principal oboe and one of the Philharmonia’s defining lights, will share his seat from now on with Tom Blomfield, fresh out of the Royal Academy of Music.

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The man who went skydiving in the nude with a violin

Why a 15000ft plunge in nothing but a harness was a particular triumph for one musician.

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Amarillo Symphony hosts blind auditions

“The audition process is already stressful, and I don't want to stress anybody out further,” said John Whitaker, director of operations at the Amarillo Symphony. “It has to be 100 percent anonymous …

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Seattle Symphony Announce Appointment of New Section Violinist

The Seattle Symphony has today announced the appointment of American violinist Andy Liang to the Second Violin section. A graduate of Rice University Shepherd School of Music, where he studied with Cho-Liang-Lin

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Montgomery symphony names new leader - Montgomery Advertiser

Blake Thomas moves from ADECA to take over symphony role.The Montgomery Symphony Names New Executive Director ...

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Trumpet Teaching App Creator Wins Six Year Legal Battle with Donald Trump

The San Francisco-based musician Tom Scharfield created the $2.99 trumpet teaching iPhone app in 2011, before being later contacted by Donald Trump’s lawyers demanding it’s name be changed.

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Canadian orchestra shuts after 'fat-shaming' singers

The Sheraton Cadwell Orchestras in Toronto sent an email asking singers who weren't 'fit and slim' to wear loose clothing. An orchestra said it would only feature thin singers, and that's not okay

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