Martha Argerich, 83 today, plays Prokofiev in Hiroshima

Antonio Moral’s final festival as saviour-director of the Granada Festival opened this weekend with two bangs. The rarely-sighted Kirill Petrenko gave an explosive Bruckner fifth with the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, a performance which ended […]

The Syracuse Opera Company has filed for bankruptcy, following repeated cancellations over the past two seasons. The city (pop. 145,560) in upstate New York lost its symphony orchestra in 2011. Syracuse once hosted Gustav Mahler […]

Variety reports a gift of $2 million to the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra by House of Cards composer Jeff Beal (pictured) and his soprano wife Joan. The money is designated for new concert works by […]