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Hilary Tunstall-Behrens, co-founder of the International Musicians Seminar at Prussia Cove, has died aged 98. The IMS said: He died peacefully at home with his wife Tatiana and family at his side. Our thoughts are […]

Message from the Utah Festival: Dear Utah Festival Family, We are reaching out to share an important update regarding our upcoming 2025 season at Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre. As we continue to navigate […]

The New York Times, whose arts pages resemble an offshoot of PR Week, has published a soft piece on the Spanish violinist Maria Duenas. No harm in that. But the headline reads: ‘A 21-Year-Old Violinist […]

Faculty at Manhattan School of Music are locked in a tough wage negotiation. The school is represented by one of NY’s costliest law firms, Proskauer Rose, whose attorneys charge $1,475 per hour. MSM pays precollege […]

Oscar Wilde’s 170th Birthday In the West End theatre season of 1895, the playwright Oscar Wilde had three plays running simultaneously in the West End. Lady Windermere’s Fan came first, in 1892, A Woman of No Importance (1893) and An Ideal Husband (1894). He […]

We reported a week ago that Yuja Wang had found a new global agent at Opus3 in NY and Chicago. Today, Opus3’s UK wing Askonas Holt rounded out the deal. Here’s what they say: Yuja […]

The Canadian Opera Company has renewed the contracts of COC Music Director Johannes Debus and Chorus Master Sandra Horst to 2029. COC says: Our audiences know that an opera with Johannes at the podium and […]

The once-independent French classical label, based in Arles, was bought out by the Belgian group Pias in 2015. Two years ago, Universal took a 49% stake in Pias. Today it absorbed the rest of the […]

Conductor Jay Fishman will give his last concerts with the Minnesota Sinfonia this weekend. After that, the orchestra will cease to exist. Fishman, 77, founded it in 1989 to play concerts in schools and for […]

Friends have reported the death of Leonardo Navarro, a member of the Vienna State Opera ensemble since 2017. No cause is yet known. Leo was 38. A Chilean who sang his first roles in at […]