classical music

We are saddened to report the death, aged 71, of the singer Sarah Leonard,  a focal performer for the past half-century. Starting out for five years in the BBC Singers, Sarah became a leading interpreter […]

Dancers of Damelahamid Click here to register Jacob’s Pillow, the Dance Festival in the Berkshires, is making available, free, performances from this past summer. Just register and check out each of these company dances. First […]

Some 200 million Euros are about to be spent on repairing a decaying estate. Both the Garnier and the Bastille will need to shut for two years. At present, one will close in July 2027 […]

The orchestra has granted tenure to Roxana Wisniewska, Harry Ward and Eva Rabchevska. Roxana is Polish with Spanish roots, the daughter of two violinists. Harry, who is Australian, studied in the Karajan Academy with Berlin […]

From the BBC’s Sydney reporter: Radiohead singer Thom Yorke briefly walked off stage during his Australian solo tour after an exchange with an audience member who heckled him with a protest about deaths in Gaza. […]

The  International Conductors Guild, turning 50, will hold its annual convention in London for the first time. The meeting is on January 2-5, 2025, at the Royal College of Music, and more than 100 conductors […]

From the CSOA annual report: The CSOA’s results from operations included total revenues of $78.8 million and expenses of $80.2 million resulting in an operating deficit of $1.4 million. Total endowment and other investments were […]

London-based MaestroArts has signed the young French-Finnish conductor Aliisa Neige Barrière. Daughter of the late composer Kaija Saariaho, Aliisa was mentored in Helsinki by Jorma Panula and studied at the Sibelius Academy under Sakari Oramo, […]