Classical Music Newsroom

On Friday, May 9, 2025, violinist, composer, and educator Austin Wulliman will release his second album of original music, Escape Rites, performed alongside his fellow musicians of the JACK Quartet on Sono Luminus.

Highbridge Voices will present its 2025 Annual Benefit at the Theatre at St. Jean Baptiste in New York City, celebrating 27 years of instructing and presenting the most promising minority youth choral singers from Highbridge.

Bay Area-based pianists Sarah Cahill and Regina Myers have recorded composer D. Riley Nicholson’s UP for two pianos, a work that they commissioned in 2020. The new recording of the 30-minute piece will be released digitally on April 25, 2025.

On April 11, 2025, Hyperion Records will re-release Sir Stephen Hough’s complete Chopin Waltzes, now featuring Sir Stephen’s new recording of Chopin’s Waltz in A minor (Valse).

On Thursday, May 1 and Friday, May 2 at 7:00 PM, Trinity Church will present Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem, IGV 24 in collaboration with The Dessoff Choirs, which is celebrating its 100th Anniversary season.

Pop meets classical in these back-to-back concerts May 16-17 by the Vitamin String Quartet as part of the group's national tour. Long before Bridgerton broke the Netflix algorithm, Vitamin String Quartet (VSQ) had helped establish classical crossover as a genuine force in contemporary music.

The internationally lauded Canellakis-Brown Duo - pianist-composer Michael Stephen Brown and cellist Nicholas Canellakis - will be presented by the Emerald City Music in two recitals. Learn more!

Four iconic artists join the 2025 Tanglewood Popular Artist Series, which each year brings a star-studded lineup of musicians and performers to Tanglewood’s Koussevitzky Music Shed. See the lineup and learn more!

Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra’s concert at San Francisco’s Davies Hall, prompting audience confrontations and heightened security. Despite a visible security presence and entry screening with wands, several audience members brought Palestinian flags and interrupted the performance from their seats.

Apple Music Classical has launched its biggest upgrade since its launch in 2023 including three new features: Listening Guide, Personalized Recommendations and Editorial Stations. Exclusive to the app, Listening Guide is a groundbreaking new feature that takes users inside a notable work of music as they listen, highlighting details and explaining a work in real time as it unfolds phrase by musical phrase.

To mark the second anniversary of Ryuichi Sakamoto's passing, composer and pianist Ian Chung is releasing a new EP, Dear Mr. Sakamoto: A Tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto. Listen to it now.

Celebrated Pianist, Composer & Humanitarian Keiko Matsui returns to the Gleason Performing Arts Center to the excitement of her central Florida fans. Taking place on Monday, May 19th.

On Sunday May 11, Kendall Square Orchestra (K2O), a volunteer ensemble of musicians from Boston's world-renowned science and technology community, will present its fifth Symphony for Science, transforming Symphony Hall into a stage for powerful stories and soaring music. 

THE COMPLETE BACH, Music Worcester's 11-year project to present live performances of all known works by J.S. Bach wraps up its first season on Sunday April 27th at 4pm with an afternoon of all-organ music, Moveable Feast: Bach Organ Recital.

The Frost School of Music at the University of Miami announced the first lineup of distinguished alumni set to perform legendary hits spanning the decades at the Centennial Celebration Concert on Tuesday, April 8.

Virginia Opera, in collaboration with the Richmond Symphony, will present the world premiere of Loving v. Virginia, composed by Damien Geter on a libretto by Jessica Murphy Moo, with mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves as Stage Director.

The Ariel Quartet will release the complete Beethoven String Quartets over two years, culminating in 2027, the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s death. Listen to the first two singles now.

The Springfield Chamber Players will continue its 2025 Westfield Athenaeum season with the debut performance of the Springfield Chamber Players' Oboe Quartet, on Thursday, April 10, at 7PM.

Chris Pinnella returns to The Vogel at the Count Basie Center for the Performing Arts, after his sold out Christmas shows this past December. Once again Pinnella will be bringing along his phenomenal 12-Piece Orchestra as they take the stage July 27th at 7:00pm.

Diablo Ballet’s 31st Season will conclude with the brand-new production of Alice in Wonderland by choreographer Brian Enos. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets here.

The North/South Chamber Orchestra will continue its 45th season on Thursday evening, March 27, 2025, with a free-admission concert featuring engaging and accessible works by Anna Cazurra from Barcelona and Stefania de Kenessey from New York.

Pianist-composer Michael Stephen Brown will be joined by cellist Nicholas Canellakis and violinist Danbi Um for a trio recital presented by the People's Symphony Concerts and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Learn more!

The supremely gifted and versatile cellist Kristina Reiko Cooper will appear as a soloist in the Holocaust Memorial Day Concert with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra under the baton of conductor Benjamin Yusupov at Henry Crown Symphony Hall at Jerusalem Theater (David Marcus St 20, Jerusalem, Israel) on Thursday evening April 24, 2025 at 8 p.m. local time.

Third Coast Percussion will be joined by fellow GRAMMY Award winner Jessie Montgomery as both a featured composer and violinist on their upcoming Strum, Strike, Bend tour. Learn more about the tour here.

The San Francisco Symphony has revealed details of the Orchestra’s 114th season, taking place September 4, 2025–June 28, 2026. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.