The latest classical music news, concert reviews, and recital coverage from Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the NY Philharmonic, and venues around the world.
Carnegie Hall announced new additions to its free interactive website Carnegie Hall Kids, including Rhythm Explorer, a game developed with FableVision that helps children build rhythm skills and explore global music traditions.
Pacific Symphony will present THE THREE MEXICAN TENORS, featuring Principal Pops Conductor Enrico Lopez-Yañez alongside his father Jorge Lopez-Yañez and Mariachi Garibaldi de Jaime Cuéllar at Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall.
Pacific Symphony has announced its 2026–27 Family Musical Mornings series in Costa Mesa.
The Chicago Violin Competition has opened registration for its 2026 Grand Prix, an online international event open to violinists ages 7–28, evaluated by a global jury across Young and Senior Artist divisions.
The Musicians of the Boston Symphony Orchestra have released a statement following the opening of contract negotiations with BSO management on April 21.
What can you do with a 90-year-old piece about a man madly in love, slowly slipping into a dream he has no desire to wake up from? Quite a lot, it turns out.
Fantasia Orchestra will present two BBC Proms performances at the Royal Albert Hall, featuring the BBC Singers, Dame Evelyn Glennie, and the world premiere of WOOD PIGEON with Héloïse Werner.
Over 1,000 orchestra professionals will gather in Baltimore for the League of American Orchestras' 81st National Conference, hosted by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, featuring keynotes, awards, and live performances.
Setar virtuoso Amir Nojan and percussionist Pejman Hadadi will perform 'Whispers of the Dastgah,' a program of spontaneous improvisations rooted in Persian classical music's modal system, at Roulette in Downtown Brooklyn.
The Oratorio Society of New York has announced the winners of the 49th Lyndon Woodside Oratorio Solo Competition.
The Syrian Music Preservation Initiative will present a concert dedicated to composer Muhammed Qadri Dalal at Roulette in Brooklyn.
Trombonist Dr Terry Leahy has joined American Music Institute as an instructor.
Opera Orlando has released rehearsal footage of THE MERRY WIDOW, Franz Lehár's effervescent operetta now playing two performances only at Steinmetz Hall at Dr.
Brevard Music Center will celebrate its 90th anniversary summer season in the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC, featuring Yo-Yo Ma, Garrick Ohlsson, Gil Shaham, Branford Marsalis, and a world premiere viola concerto.
The BBC Proms returns in summer 2026, presenting eight weeks of world-class music from an array of leading orchestras, conductors and soloists from across the UK and around the world.
Cape Ann Symphony closes Season 74 with a program featuring Rossini, Grieg, and Tchaikovsky at Manchester-Essex Regional High School, with pianist Frederick Moyer performing the Grieg Piano Concerto.
Kansas City Chamber Orchestra (KCCO) welcomes the season with its 'Spring Enchantment' concert on Thursday, April 30, at 7:30 p.
The Pasadena Choral Society will present Life of Mozart, a concert performance combining Mozart’s Requiem with a dramatic narrative drawn from the composer’s own writings.
The Joy Luck Trio— featuring pipa, erhu, and piano — will present their New York debut at the Glow Cultural Center in Flushing, Queens, performing nine works spanning ancient folk melody to a GRAMMY-recognized composer's newest creation.
Mexican conductor Felipe Tristán will make his Sofia Philharmonic debut leading the opening gala of the Frequenza Festival in Bulgaria, joined by soloists Sergei Nakariakov, Maria Meerovitch, and Barnabás Kelemen.
The Academy of St Martin in the Fields has revealed its upcoming season, featuring Joshua Bell, Stella Chen and more, with London performances, international touring, and aprogram offering free tickets to those experiencing homelessness.
The 92nd Street Y will present the Isidore String Quartet at Buttenwieser Hall, featuring the New York premiere of Billy Childs' String Quartet No.
Some evenings remind you why opera exists.
Canadian Opera Company has released rehearsal footage of BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE/ERWARTUNG, a pair of one-act psychological thrillers now playing through May 16, 2026 at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.
The Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO)’s 2026 Gala – A Touch of Brass – held Saturday, April 11 at Jasna Polana, spotlighted the importance of live music and the orchestra’s PSO BRAVO! in-school education programs.
