1+ hour, 52+ min ago  (102+ words) The Association of German Music Schools has warned that two-fifths of the country's music teachers are due to retire by 2035 and there are nowhere near enough replacements. Of 37, 000 music teachers, some 14, 000 are preparing to reture. Only 4, 000 graduates have applied to…...

2+ hour, 14+ min ago  (339+ words) Andre Previn, Michael Tilson Thomas and Leonard Slatkin were acutely aware of each other and kept tabs throughout their lives. Previn, the oldest, made a precocious living in the film studios. The other two were slower starters. Here's a teen…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (280+ words) Musicians of the Boston Symphony Orchestra have issued this statement as they open talks on a new contract: Todd Seeber (pic), Chair of the Players Committee, specified four demands: " A decision making voice in artistic direction. " Transparency from management. Patrons,…...

18+ hour, 39+ min ago  (143+ words) Slipped Disc US composer of Indian music dies at 67 The polycultural composer Michael Harrison, co-founder and president of the American Academy of Indian Classical Music, has died at the age of 67. He also built a "harmonic piano that played 24 notes…...

15+ hour, 55+ min ago  (110+ words) The $200 million Saudi contract that was meant to save the Metropolitan Opera is off, the company confirmed today. The Met was supposed to have had a February residency near Riyadh. The Saudis, however, are reviewing a rang of sports and…...

21+ hour, 29+ min ago  (128+ words) This is a piece he composed for the flautist Paula Robison, Joshua's sister, which Michael conducted just five months ago. Prokofiev 5 " one of his showpieces: Copland " he adored Copland and he grew to love the Czechs. Man, his granddad played…...

23+ hour, 59+ min ago  (60+ words) The impressive concert hall this morning published its tenth anniversary season. It's great to see someone explain this so clearly. Hotdog things are happening in Hamberg! We have been watching from afar these past" The shrunken company, bifurcated between London…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (91+ words) The Philharmonischen Orchesters Hagen in Westphalia, an orchestra of no international profile, has proudly announced Dumitru Pocitari of the Israel Philharmonic as its first concertmaster. Pocitaru has also been first concertmaster of the Wiener Symphoniker since April 2024. He will continue…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (283+ words) Peter Dobrin of the Philadelphia Inquirer is one of America's last subcutaneous music journalists. At his local outfit's seasonal rollout yesterday, he asked about the phony-sounding version of Florence Price's Rainbow Waltz that music director Yannick N'zet-S'guin conducted at the…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (231+ words) The dismissal of Andris Nelsons as music director has not yet simmered down, either in Boston or across top US orchestra where musicians are outraged that their voice was not heard as a leader was beheaded. Meet Jeremy Epp, principal…...