Viola player sues Royal Opera House over ‘hearing damage’ during rehearsals

Christopher Goldscheider says he has been devastated by the effects of ‘acoustic shock’ he claims to have suffered while playing in the orchestra.

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'Porgy and Bess' With a White Cast Stirs Controversy -

This landmark 1935 opera, based on a novel and a subsequent play, is set in the fictional African-American community of Catfish Row in Charleston, S.C.

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Berkeley Symphony makes a temporary conductor swap -

It was just last season that the birth of triplets took Music Director Joana Carneiro out of commission at the Berkeley Symphony for a full year.

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Student team breaks the mold with 3D-printed 6-string violin

. The piece called for an instrument with six strings. But instead of heading to the local music store or shopping online, he opted to design and 3D-print a custom violin of his very own.

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Exclusive: Marin Alsop appointed first female artistic director of ORF orchestra

Known for a fervent but sober conducting style, and her ardent belief in outreach programmes for young people, she is also chief conductor at both the São Paulo and Baltimore Symphony Orchestras.

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Should phones be banned at gigs?

Comedian Chris Rock has divided opinion after banning mobile phones on his tour.

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Brexit could be 'opportunity' for orchestras to escape EU red tape and re-engage with the world

Brexit could be an opportunity for British orchestras to escape “onerous” red tape and tax of Europe to re-engage with the rest of the world, the head of the London Philharmonic Orchestra has suggested.

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Grammy Awards 2018: Complete winners list - Washington Post

Washington PostGrammy Awards 2018: Complete winners listWashington Post5; Barber: Adagio,” Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Producer of the year, classical. David Frost. Best orchestral performance. “Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio,” Manfred Honeck. Best opera recording. “Berg: Wozzeck,” Hans ...2018 Grammy Winners: Full ListNew York Timesall 717 news articles »

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What's robbing Adele, Céline Dion and more singers of their voices - CBC.ca

CBC.caWhat's robbing Adele, Céline Dion and more singers of their voicesCBC.caThe music industry is placing more pressure on singers to perform live and audiences are craving big, bold vocals — a potentially dangerous combination. Céline Dion and Shakira both recently cancelled concerts because of voice issues. Sam Smith, Adele ...and more »

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The violin legacy of a Facebook pioneer

Eric, a Facebook engineer who built the network’s knowledge graph, was an enthusiastic violinist who managed to acquire a Vuillaume. After being diagnosed the incurable brain cancer, he spent the last months of his life playing in a production of Fiddler on the Roof. But he left instructions for his violin to be placed in a foundation where others can continue to use it.

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Teenage acid attacker is set to be freed after serving just five months for injuring 17-year-old by pouring drain cleaner into her viola case

A teenager who scarred a 17-year-old girl for life after she poured drain cleaner into her viola case is to be freed just five months into her sentence.

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Nottinghamshire PCSO piano playing delights pensioner

PCSO Craig Bull, from Nottinghamshire Police's Mansfield neighbourhood policing team, played a nocturne by Chopin for the pensioner during a routine visit to his home.

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Students design hand brace to help 4th grader play viola

A 4th grader with cerebral palsy is closer to her dream of playing the viola. And her helpers are 3 local engineering students who've never even picked up an instrument.

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Renovation of Philly's Metropolitan Opera House moves forward, thanks to $56M in loans

Fulton Bank, New Jersey-based lender Billy Procida, and New Orleans-based Enhanced Capital — will be used to complete the remaining construction on the Oscar Hammerstein's 1908 opera house, Blumenfeld said.

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BBC revives works of 'lost' women composers to help redress 'historic imbalance'

“It means that we are not only expanding the canon of classical music, but also actually helping to redress its historic imbalance when it comes to gender and diversity.”

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Tokyo Metro to trial playing classical music on Hibiya Line

Starting Monday, Tokyo Metro Co. will experiment with playing background music on their trains in a bid to provide a more comfortable travel experience for passengers.

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This guy tried to get actual flames to shoot out of his ACTUAL FLUTE

The YouTubers of 'The Flute Channel' attempted to recreate the fiery woodwind moment from the film Anchorman

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Interview with Ramón Ortega, principal oboe of BRSO

Today I have the great honor of publishing the interview with Ramón Ortega, principal oboe of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.

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Musica Fusion Community Orchestra inspired by their teacher Susie Butler

Just over two years later, the Musica Fusion Community Orchestra which now has 80 members between the ages of four and 18 and is run on a voluntarily basis is one of just eight orchestras invited to perform at a festival in the National Concert Hall

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These Gallery Walls Are Empty. Here, You Listen to the Art

This “takeover” of an art space by an ensemble of musicians is an experiment to explore how contemporary classical music can be experienced as a form of contemporary art.

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The charities rejecting Presidents Club donations over scandal. Allegations of groping and sexual harassment at men-only fundraising gala prompt action

Royal Academy of Music – sending the money back and will not accept future donations

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Big Noise children's orchestra in Stirling faces 'devastating' cuts in new council budget

But it is now facing "devastating" cuts to its funding from the local authority which organisers fear will force them to reduce the number of children taking part and impact on the quality of the programme.

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SF Symphony names new guest conductor in wake of Charles Dutoit scandal

There's lots of great music in the Bay Area this week: Conductor Thierry Fischer makes his Bay Area debut in two programs

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Travelling with your instrument - Violin and Viola

Cremona-based luthier Edgar Russ regularly travels with violins, and often more than one at a time, so his advice on how to do so with as little bother as possible is worth bearing in mind.

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Lebanese composer's music shortlisted for two Academy Awards

Born in a musical family, Paul Tyan is a French-Lebanese film composer who is based in Paris. He attended the École Normale de Musique de Paris where he studied harmony and counterpoint.

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A hilarious duet for Renaissance bassoon and a very angry bird

This duet between an old woodwind instrument and an angry crow is unlikely – but strangely lovable.

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Vladimir Jurowski: The Russian conductor who's rattling Simon Rattle's cage

So much expectation has been loaded on Simon Rattle's arrival as the music director of the London Symphony Orchestra that you might be forgiven for forgetting that London has other world-class orchestras with inspirational conductors. ..

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Testosterone and classical music don’t mix, study finds

Researchers in Japan found that higher levels of testosterone in men went hand in hand with lower interest in sophisticated music.

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Trouble In Berlin: Whatever You Do, Don't Make A Shred Video Of Superstar Violinist Daniel Hope

Jens F. Laurson , Contributor Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own.

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Porgy and Bess®: the new Hungarian State Opera production

The first premier at the Hungarian State Opera might go down in opera history as a world sensation. András Almási-Tóth is to put The Gershwins®’ Porgy and Bess® on stage with Hungarian singers at the Erkel Theatre thus breaking the restriction of lmost forty years that only allowed all-black casts to perform the piece.

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After 50 Years, Israel Philharmonic Names a New Conductor

Lahav Shani, a 29-year-old Israeli conductor and pianist, will become the orchestra's next music director in 2020

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An orchestra of triangle players just broke this huge world record

In an orchestra made up of both performers and audience members, 1521 people came together to play a triangle concerto, accompanied by a trumpet and a trombone.

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Handing the baton to female conductors

Molly Rose Lucey Burke, 18, is one of just 12 young women selected to partake in the National Concert Hall's inaugural Female Conductor Programme. .

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Blind Chinese teen violinist who commutes 12 hours for lessons in Hong Kong sets high bar for herself

A classical violinist, she is allowed two visas a month to travel for the lessons in Hong Kong, so attends classes in the city every few weeks. It takes at least five hours to get to Hong Kong from her home in Foshan, and even longer to get back.

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Do jazz and classical musicians have different brains?

A new study has found different processes occur in the brains of classical and jazz pianists, even when playing the same music.

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Trip across the bridge and a spot of music for one eager wallaby

The marsupial was the subject of a hot pursuit for several hours this morning before it was apprehended at the Sydney Conservatorium.

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Powell Symphony Hall at 50: From movie palace to acoustical gem

On Jan. 20, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra celebrates the 50th anniversary of the opening of its home, Powell Symphony Hall, with a daylong celebration.

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North Korean orchestra could be music to the ears of Olympic organizers in South Korea

South Korea is expecting a large North Korean delegation at next month's Winter Olympics, likely including the country's main symphony orchestra, the governor for the Games' host province said on Monday

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My cultural life: opera producer Fergus Sheil

There's something about Bruegel's paintings that feel operatic to me.

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Former Chelsea ace Frank Lampard reveals he almost died after swallowing trumpet mouthpiece

The 39-year-old said he had to be rushed to hospital after accidentally swallowing the mouthpiece when he was a kid

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A new principal oboist for the Philadelphia Orchestra?

Nathan Hughes, a principal oboist with the Metropolitan Opera orchestra, has not been offered the job, much less signed a contract, but he has emerged as the only finalist after several days of auditions.

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Arvo Pärt is the world's most performed living composer seventh year running

The Estonian composer, Arvo Pärt, has, for the seventh year in a row, been given the title of the “world's most performed living composer” by the classical music event database, Bachtrack.

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Hungarian conductor Gabor Kali triumphs in Hong Kong's first international battle of the batons

A Hungarian has won Hong Kong's first international orchestra conducting competition after three rounds of performances against 15 hopefuls from around the world.

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Schools music boost urged as Britons fail to make Menuhin violin finals

Lack of government funding blamed as UK fails to make shortlist

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Eeeek! (Shhh!) A mouse upstages the National Symphony Orchestra.

A baby mouse tested the limits of concert convention Thursday night when it raced up and down the aisle in the Kennedy Center’s Concert Hall, eliciting a few squeals and much commotion in a setting known for its strict silence and decorum.

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Royal Albert Hall referred to Charity Tribunal

The Royal Albert Hall has been referred to the Charity Tribunal due to conflict of interest concerns on its council.

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Opera singer praised by audience despite having only three hours to rehearse

Sabina Puertolas, a Spanish soprano, was flown into Britain on the very day she was to step in to perform in Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto after the well known English soprano Lucy Crowe fell ill with a throat infection.

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Symphony musicians, board agree to new contract

The new contract agreement adds a $30 per week per musician electronic media agreement ...

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Houston Symphony announces new CEO

While watching the Houston Symphony perform Brahm on Thursday night, the organization's next CEO noticed the familiar blue illumination of a cell phone.

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Renowned Conductor Charles Dutoit Faces Six New Allegations of Sexual Assault Including Rape

The 81-year-old Grammy-winning conductor emphatically denied the accusations, but eight major orchestras immediately distanced themselves from him and two launched their own investigations.

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6 things musicians should be doing on social media in 2018

By Maddy Shaw Roberts

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Charles Dutoit: Accused conductor leaves Royal Philharmonic Orchestra early

Two other accusers who asked to remain anonymous made similar allegations to the Associated Press news agency. In a statement, Dutoit said the "serious" accusations "involving coercion and forced physical contact" had "absolutely no basis in truth".

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Bucharest philharmonic employees see lower wages after social contributions transfer

The transfer of social contributions from employers to employees will also affect the employees of the George Enescu Philharmonic in Bucharest.

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Chung Myung-whun continues life's calling with One Korea Youth Orchestra

Auditions for the One Korea Youth Orchestra were held between July and August last year, and 77 young musicians here were chosen from more than 500 applicants.

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Happy ending for musician whose violin disappeared from tour bus -

Morven Bryce’s 1996 John Dilworth, thought to have fallen onto the road due to a faulty luggage compartment door, was missing for six weeks before being sold to Cash Converters for £35

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Destroyed viola da gamba update: further info from owner,

Myrna Herzog explains circumstances while airline claims investigations ongoing but that signed 'limited release' form effectively absolves it of responsibility.

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Opera singer gets lost on way to funeral, so performs impromptu gig for grieving family in pub

This wasn’t just any performance for Marjorie, however. She had made her opera debut at the pub when she was only 17-years-old.

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The future of musical instrument insurance

The traditional music industry model is changing and musical instrument insurance needs are also evolving

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Celtic Connections preview: what do you get when you cross Danny MacAskill with a folk orchestra?

Like his late friend and contemporary Bennett, he is a classically trained violinist who came up through folk and rock circles, playing with the varied likes of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and klezmer band Moishe’s Bagel. But he too felt the fear of responsibility in realising his vision of an organic collaboration between musical tribes.

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San Antonio leaders throw support behind symphony

San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg, left, County Judge Nelson Wolff, symphony board chairwoman Kathleen Weir Vale and her husband, Albert Vale, talk in front of the Tobin Center before a performance of the San Antonio Symphony on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018.

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Famous saxophone goes missing from Vancouver's Orpheum theatre

The saxophone's current owner, Chris Startup, 55, is a musician who was set to play a series of concerts with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, starting Friday, using the instrument. But it disappeared after a mid-day rehearsal at the Orpheum Theatre

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Musician Fiona West reunited with stolen viola

Royal Scottish National Orchestra member Fiona West had appealed for its return after it was taken a week ago.

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Black voices matter: Lawrence Brownlee on driving change in opera

The US-born tenor has gone from singing in church to the International Opera awards. Now he’s tackling something personal: the issue of race in America

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The financially struggling Ulster Orchestra and MAC theatre get £625k lifeline

The MAC is to receive £275,000 and the Ulster Orchestra £350,000, the Department for Communities confirmed last night. The department said the cash was being handed out following a successful Arts Council bid

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The case for two orchestras in Ireland

The future of the two RTÉ orchestras is all about keeping faith

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Young, gifted and giving back

Award-winning cellist, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, donates thousands to old secondary school so 10 other young people can continue having cello lessons.

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Unlucky violist has instrument stolen in Glasgow – six weeks after it was taken from a train and turned up in lost property

Royal Scottish National Orchestra violist Fiona West has appealed on social media for the return of her instrument and a colleague's violin, both stolen from the RSNO Centre in Glasgow, Scotland, on 30 December.

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Where are Bach and Beethoven? Tracking down two stained-glass windows missing from Massey Hall

The most spectacular of the windows, unveiled at the Hall's opening in 1894, were portraits rendered in glass, enamel, silver and lead of 12 famous composers:

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No conductor, no CDs, no compromise: the European orchestra tearing up the rule book

Spira Mirabilis is the orchestra for which artistic truth is everything. Ben Lawrence pays it a visit at its north-Italian home. Amid the red-plush grandeur of La Scala, something is stirring.

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Contract Negotiations Break Down, San Antonio Symphony To End Season

After a nearly four and a half hour meeting Wednesday evening between San Antonio Symphony management and the musicians' union, the Symphony Society of San Antonio will suspend the rest of the season after midnight Sunday.

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Royal Opera House tenor rejects 'in your face' sexual violence against women on stage

A Royal Opera House tenor has told how he has "resisted" demands to perform sexually violent scenes on stage, as he argues the treatment of women in productions should better reflect the modern world.

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Musician offers £200 reward for the return of violin stolen in Swiss Cottage burglary

His partner told him that his violin had been stolen during the raid. He said: “I was devastated, it's just the one thing I owned that is very special and personal to me. “As soon as I got the call, the first thing I thought of was my violin.

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Boulder Philharmonic names Katherine Lehman new executive director

The Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra named Katie Lehman its new executive director. She assumes her new position on Monday. (Not Provided / Courtesy Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra).

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Music let one-handed violinist Adrian Anantawan express himself.

One of Adrian Anantawan's earliest memories of wanting to play the violin is watching a segment on Sesame Street. In that clip, world-renowned musician Itzhak Perlman enters the scene in crutches

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Robert Mann, founding member of the Juilliard Quartet, dies aged 97

Following army service in World War II, in 1946 he was invited by Juilliard president William Schuman to form the Juilliard Quartet with two army friends, violinist Robert Koff and cellist Arthur Winograd, along with violist Raphael Hillyer.

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Mark adds new string to his bow

Previous research into the prevalence of Playing-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders has mainly focused on classical musicians – however it is now clear that Irish traditional musicians, especially fiddle players, experience equally painful

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Violin links musician to 1881 premiere of Bruch's 'Scottish Fantasy' - The Advocate

The AdvocateViolin links musician to 1881 premiere of Bruch's 'Scottish Fantasy'The AdvocateProfessional musicians often speak of a “connection” between themselves and their instruments. Classical violinist Ray Chen has a deeper link than most. The former owner of his 1715 Stradivarius is a 19th-century Hungarian violinist who premiered the ...

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Why we need a new State-funded national orchestra

Those RTÉ executives who confidently predicted that there would be only one orchestra by June have backtracked on their claims.

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Spotify sued over songwriter rights

Wixen Music Publishing is seeking damages of at least $1.6bn (£1.18bn) - $150,000 for more than 10,000 songs.

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Violinist Anthony Marwood, Darcey Bussell and author Michael Morpurgo recognised in New Year Honours

Figures from the world of classical music are among those recognised, alongside former Beatle Ringo Starr and Bee Gee Barry Gibb

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The people who play the piano at St Pancras

BBC News spent a day at St Pancras station, where there are two public pianos.

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