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Saxophonist Andy Sheppard releases SALT CATCHERS, a new trio album featuring pianist Rita Marcotulli and bassist Michel Benita. The album contains eight Sheppard originals and one composition by Carla Bley.

Pianist Ayumi Tanaka, bassist Thomas Morgan and drummer Thomas Strønen will release WINDFLOWER, an ECM album featuring eight improvised tracks and a reworking of Tanaka's composition La Source.

ECM has announced SALT CATCHERS, a new recording featuring Andy Sheppard, Rita Marcotulli, and Michel Benita.

Pianist Ayumi Tanaka, bassist Thomas Morgan, and drummer Thomas Strønen have released 'Windflower,' a collaborative album on the ECM label showcasing the trio's improvisational interplay.

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has extended Music Director Manfred Honeck's contract, marking a 25-year tenure. Honeck has been with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra through 2008.

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center announced 12 individual artists and one ensemble selected for its competitive Bowers Program, a three-season residency chosen from 192 international candidates.

The National Theatre announced further casting and dates for its 2026 season, including Cate Blanchett in ELECTRA/PERSONA, Anne-Marie Duff in SOME WOMAN, and new casts for CLOUD 9 and THE RISE AND FALL OF LITTLE VOICE.

Second Stage Theater has  just announced the complete cast for the upcoming Broadway production of Jordan Harrison’s MARJORIE PRIME, directed by Tony Award Nominee and Obie Award-winner Anne Kauffman. We have all of the details here!

Modern Opera Company will present the premiere performances of The Tell-Tale Heart, a new opera by Felix Jarrar, on October 24 and 25, 2025, at the Highland Park Ebell Club.

Teatro Real (Royal Opera of Madrid) returns to Carnegie Hall for the third time. The program features the Violin Concerto in D Major by Korngold, a composer who fled the Nazis and succeeded in Hollywood. The concerto is played by Spanish violinist María Dueñas with the Orchestra of Madrid’s Teatro Real.

The Cliburn has announced a change to the jury for the Seventeenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, taking place May 21–June 7, 2025, at Van Cliburn Concert Hall at TCU and Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

The Los Angeles Philharmonic has unveiled details of its 2025/26 season at Walt Disney Concert Hall, the last in which legendary maestro, Gustavo Dudamel, will serve in his current role.

The centerpiece of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra's (PSO's)2024-25 season is the upcoming celebration of Edward T. Cone Music Director Rossen Milanov's 60th birthday at concerts held at Richardson Auditorium on January 11 and 12.

In October and November, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) will perform two programmes featuring masterpieces by Brahms and Dvořák. Learn more here!

 In October and November, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) will present two programmes featuring masterpieces by Brahms and Dvořák.

Modern Opera Company, a company dedicated to promoting new musical works and local talent, will make its West Coast debut on July 19-20 at The Mainstage at The Hudson Theatres in Los Angeles, with its inaugural presentation, a workshop production of a new musical about Mary Magdalene, MARY - A MUSICAL.

State Theatre New Jersey will present Alan Cumming: Uncut on Saturday, June 22 at 8pm.

Meet the new additions to the BSO for the 2024-25 season: Principal flute Lorna McGhee, associate principal bassoon Josh Baker, and percussionist Toby Grace. Their tenure starts in September 2024.

The New York Philharmonic has revealed its 2024–25 season. Learn more about the season!

Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts will present a series of three BACH concerts with pianist/curator Simone Dinnerstein. Concerts will take place at Miller Theatre (2960 Broadway at 116th Street). Tickets starting at $30.

Amanda Gorman & Jan Vogler at Carnegie Hall - An Evening of Poetry and Bach. Experience a captivating performance that combines the power of poetry with the beauty of classical music.

Amanda Gorman & Jan Vogler will be performing at Carnegie Hall in an Evening of Poetry and Bach. Learn how to purchase tickets!

The Southbank Centre and its family of Resident Orchestras today announce its Classical Music Spring/Summer 2024 programme.

History-making Presidential inaugural poet and bestselling author Amanda Gorman and internationally acclaimed cellist Jan Vogler share the stage for the first time at Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall on Saturday, February 17, 2024 at 8pm, in an evening of spoken word and music featuring the award-winning poetry of Ms. Gorman and the Cello Suites of J.S. Bach, offering a message of hope and humanity.

OUR CLASS, the award-winning play by Polish writer Tadeusz Słobodzianek, will be performed for the first time in New York at Brooklyn Academy of Music. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets!