Classical Music Newsroom

James Ehnes has signed a new eight-year contract with Seattle Chamber Music Society and will continue to serve as the Gilbert Omenn and Martha Darling Artistic Director through 2032. Learn more.

Prepare for an evening of dynamic strings with Sphinx Virtuosi, an extension of Detroit’s globally renowned Sphinx Organization, and their latest groundbreaking program, American Form/s at Wharton Center. Learn more!

Western Piedmont Symphony will present MASTERWORKS: THE RITE OF SPRING, on Saturday, January 25. This season, the regional professional orchestra celebrates 60 years of music in the foothills of western North Carolina with more than seventeen concerts.

The 27th edition of the George Enescu International Festival will be held in Bucharest, Romania from August 24 to September 21, 2025. Named in honor of the great Romanian composer George Enescu, this milestone edition of the festival marks 70 years since the composer's passing.

South Florida Symphony Orchestra will present an adventurous Valentine's Day program featuring three orchestra premieres, headlined by the return of R. Strauss' Don Juan. Led by SFSO's award-winning music director Sebrina María Alfonso and featuring soprano Amy Shoremount-Obra, the concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, February 14, at the Tennessee Williams Theatre at The College of the Florida Keys.

Philharmonic Society of Orange County will present award-winning pianist Emanuel Ax and New York Philharmonic principal clarinetist Anthony McGill in a special recital on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, at 8pm at the Irvine Barclay Theatre.

The Cleveland Orchestra will present its 2025 Blossom Music Festival, promising an unforgettable summer of performances at Blossom Music Center. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

While continuing to mourn the passing of tabla master Zakir Hussain, Third Coast Percussion revealed that the collaborative tour and recording projects they had planned together will go forward as tributes to Hussain. Learn more.

The 27th edition of the George Enescu International Festival - the world's largest convening of major orchestras - will be held in Bucharest, Romania from August 24 to September 21, 2025. Learn more!

GRAMMY Award-winning American organist Paul Jacobs will return to the Philadelphia Orchestra led by Daniele Rustioni for two concerts in January. Learn more and see how to attend.

The Sphinx Virtuosi will embark on a spring U.S. tour of their program American Form/s from February 22 to April 5, 2025. See tour dates and learn how to purchase tickets.

Celebrate love in all its dramatic, poetic, erotic, scandalous and insatiable forms as South Florida Symphony Orchestra (SFSO) will present an adventurous Valentine’s Day weekend program featuring three orchestra premieres, headlined by the return of R. Strauss’ Don Juan.  

The Fairfax Symphony Orchestra's first concert of 2025, taking place at George Mason University's Harris Theatre, is a celebration of love in all its forms in honor of Valentine's Day. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Composer, pianist, and pedagogue Nils Vigeland will release a portrait album of his piano works, Perfect Happiness, performed by Chinese-born pianist and Steinway Artist Jing Yang. Learn more about the album.

Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra will launch its latest international tour. This major tour will see the Orchestra, led by Music Director Alexander Shelley, return to Japan for the first time in 40 years. Learn more!

The internationally lauded American pianist-composer Michael Stephen Brown will return to the Ocean Reef Chamber Music Festival in Key Largo, FL. Learn more about the performance and see how to purchase tickets.

The Sun Valley Music Festival has revealed its landmark 41st season, from July 28 to August 21, at the Sun Valley Pavilion. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.

The distinguished clarinetist Charles Neidich, the first clarinetist to win the Walter W. Naumburg Competition in 1985, will be presented by the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation in partnership with Manhattan School of Music in a recital. Learn more!

Max Lifchitz will perform a recital traversing one hundred fifty years of piano music at Manhattan's Klavierhaus. The program will feature Franz Liszt's prophetic Bagatelle Without Tonality. Learn how to attend the performance.

The Orchestra Now (TŌN) launches its winter/spring, 10th anniversary season in New York City with two concerts. Tickets are free and available online.

Honens has named distinguished arts and non-profit leader, Amanda Smith, as its new President & CEO. Learn more about Smith and about the organization here.

The Cleveland Orchestra invites music lovers of all ages to experience the magic of the holidays with a series of memorable concerts at Severance Music Center.

The Hermitage Artist Retreat has announced the fourth annual concert in the Ruby E. Crosby Alumni Music Series at the Hermitage, featuring Grammy-nominated composer and award-winning pianist Vijay Iyer.

Sarasota Orchestra has received a $65,000 Empowering Arts Grant from Gulf Coast Community Foundation (Gulf Coast) in support of the 2024-2025 season. The grant was made possible through the Elizabeth Miller Charitable Fund at Gulf Coast Community Foundation.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has announced an extension for Renée and Robert Belfer Music Director Jonathon Heyward’s contract with the Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center through the 2029 season.