The things Michael Tilson Thomas called his ...

It has been announced that Esa-Pekka Salonen will provide ‘mentorship, professional experience and artistic development opportunities’ to young conductors at his positions in Paris and Los Angeles.

The article has nothing to do with classical music, or the arts – except this section: You must have heard the chants: Israel ...

The plight of musicians In the Nashville Symphony is reverberating around the profession. A good orchestra got cancelled last week after a black hole was found in its finances. Last night, it was ...

Lyon Opera has announced the death of its formative director Louis Erlo at the age of 97. Erlo inherited the company from his uncle Paul Camerlo in 1969 and brought it under state patronage. He ran ...

The popular bass singer Brindley Sherratt is to become artistic director of the Grange Festival in Hampshire. Sherratt, 61, succeeds the countertenor Michael Chance. This week Sherratt sang Gurnemanz ...

She had just been made executive director of the Baltimore Rock Opera Society. They fired her on the spot. Now, the lawyers are having a firled day.

The London-based pianist who has not performed ...

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I’m an orchestral librarian in a long-term relationship (no kids) with the principal oboe. I also have recreational sex with the dishy young #2 cellist. Nobody knows. The oboist is male, the cellist ...

The Gold Medal in the 2026 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis has been awaeded to Karisa Chiu, 27, of the USA. Chiu came to prominence in 2021, winning the Isangyun Violin Competition in ...