The city newspaper has published the latest in a series of articles lamenting the sacking of music director Andris Nelsons. The only voice in the paper that defended the dismissal is the man behind it ...

The musicians have agreed to 5% per year pay rises over a three-year term. Base pay will rise from $165,516 to $191,620 over that period. The tour to Europe has been saved. From October 2 through 21, ...

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Sophie Dervaux, principal bassoon of the Vienna Philharmonic since 2015, has taken up conducting. Watch her perform the Mozart concerto with the Silesian Philharmonic in Katowice. Impressive and ...

I have a great relationship with my violin shop; have known them since I was a teenager. They have sold me, my family, and many students wonderful instruments at fair prices, as well as small repairs ...

It’s getting scratchy out there on the labour front. Following the successful stoppage at San Francisco Opera, which won the orchestra a long-delayed pay deal, musicians of the elite Cleveland ...

Rossini is known for writing his operas quickly, and La gazza ladra was no exception. He composed the music for this semi-seria opera completely from scratch at speed. A 19th-century biography claims ...

Zubin Mehta, our Conductor Laureate, is unfortunately unable to travel to Munich as planned and conduct the concerts on October 7 & 8 due to health reasons. We are grateful to Andrea Marcon for ...

The socialist Mayor of New York has gone on stage at the Met to announce a plan to distribute 70,000 free opera tickets a year. Zohran Mamdani says: ‘Opera is one of the greatest art forms we have.

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We are sorry to learn of the death last night, from cancer, of Martin Eastick, a prodigious piano composer in 19th century style and a noted collector of piano music ...

The Danish Quartet has cancelled tonight’s performance at Wigmore Hall after violinist Frederik Øland dislocated his shoulder. They say: We are heartbroken … to cancel the concert in Wigmore Hall ...