Brent Michael Davids

As America approaches its 250th anniversary a new musical work is announced, Requiem for America, composed by Native American Brent Michael Davids. The White Snake Projects production will be premiered in May by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, followed by the American premiere in November in Boston, both featuring Native American chorus singers and Davids on Native American flute. Read More →

The Catch Music Festival, Luxembourg’s must-see chamber music event, returns for its fifth edition from March 13 to 15, 2026, at the Bonnevoie Cultural Center in Luxembourg. Read More →

The Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) and New England Conservatory (NEC) launched the BSO x NEC Alliance that formalizes and expands the artistic collaboration between these two institutions. Read More →

Konzerthaus Wien,
(c) Victoria Coeln

In jazzigen und modernen Klangwelten schwelgten die Wiener Symphoniker. So jedenfalls könnte man das rezente Konzert im Wiener Konzerthaus mit der Solistin Anastasia Kobekina am Violoncello und dem Dirigenten Jean-Christophe Spinosi zusammenfassen, wenn da nicht auch noch eine brummige Haydn Symphonie zu hören gewesen wäre. Uwe Krusch war für Pizzicato als Zuhörer dabei, wie der Abend mit einem Orchester außer Rand und Band klang. Read More →

Michele Mariotti
c) Gennari

Starting in October, the 47-year-old Italian Michele Mariotti will be the new Chief Conductor of the RAI National Symphony Orchestra in Torino. Music director of the Rome Opera since 2022, Mariotti is a regular guest at major opera and symphony seasons around the world.

Florence Price

In the midst of Trump’s scandalous immigration enforcement campaign and despite the dictator’s will to rewrite American history, a new opera about the origin of composer Florence Price premiered in the Twin Cities in Minnesota. Read More →

Der Kirchenmusiker, Chorleiter, Dirigent, Musikpädagoge und Bach-Interpret Helmuth Rilling ist gestern ist im Alter von 92 Jahren gestorben. 1957 gründete er die Gächinger Kantorei, 1981 die Internationale Bachakademie, die er bis 2013 leitete. Maßstäbe setzte Rilling insbesondere mit seiner Auseinandersetzung mit dem Werk Johann Sebastian Bachs: als erster legte er im Jahr 2000 eine Gesamteinspielung des Vokalwerks vor. Read More →

Augustin Hadelich
© Suxiao Young

The Mahler Chamber Orchestra has announced that violinist Augustin Hadelich is appointed as Mahler Chamber Orchestra’s new Artistic Partner. This partnership will include a multi-year project starting in 2027 that will be made public later this spring, as well as other individual artistic projects co-created by Augustin Hadelich and the MCO.

American conductor Jason Thomas Aylward will serve as Music director of the Lakeland Symphony Orchestra in Florida for the next 18 months. Aylward, 33, moved to Lakeland five years ago to take on a teaching role at Southeastern University, where he also serves as orchestra director. He was previously principal trumpet player in the orchestra. Read More →

Leonard Slatkin

The Nashville Symphony announced that 81-year-old conductor Leonard Slatkin will serve as Music Director for three years through the 2028/29 season. Slatkin assumes the role following his previous appointment as Music Advisor. Maestro Slatkin takes the artistic helm of the orchestra beginning with the 2026/27 season. Read More →