CLASSICAL MUSIC NEWSROOM

The San Francisco Symphony will present four Orchestral Series programs in May 2026, featuring Conductor Laureate Herbert Blomstedt, guest conductors, a world premiere, and free community chamber concerts.

Pianist Han Chen will release a recording of Anton Rubinstein's Piano Sonatas Nos.

Chris Rogerson, a Curtis Institute faculty member and Elise L.

Symphony San Jose will perform works by Beethoven, Dvořák, and Mason Bates at the California Theatre in downtown San Jose on May 9 and 10, 2026, with conductor Vinay Parameswaran.

The Michael O'Neal Chorus and Orchestra will perform works by Ola Gjeilo and Elaine Hagenberg on May 3, 2026, at Roswell United Methodist Church in a one-afternoon-only event with no ticket fees.

Park University International Center for Music will present pianist Behzod Abduraimov on May 1 at the 1900 Building in Mission Woods, Kan.

The Great Falls Philharmonic and Voce Chamber Singers will perform Beethoven's Symphony No.

The American Symphony Orchestra (ASO) and the Bard Festival Chorale perform a seldom-heard presentation of Hector Berlioz's 1841 version of Carl Maria von Weber's Romantic opera Der Freischütz at Carnegie Hall.

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, a vibrant cultural destination nestled on 81 acres of historic gardens and woodlands in Katonah, NY, will continue its Rosen House Concert Series with two chamber music performances in April and May.

Utah Symphony has announced the 2026 Deer Valley Music Festival lineup in Park City.

The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra will release of its debut album in collaboration with Deutsche Grammophon, featuring Richard Wagner's 'The Ring – An Orchestral Adventure', conducted by Tarmo Peltokoski.

The George and Nora London Foundation will present soprano Shelén Hughes Camacho and baritone Joseph Parrish in recital on April 30 at Merkin Hall in New York City.

the Catalyst Quartet will release 'UNCOVERED Vol.

New York-based percussion and piano quartet  Yarn/Wire (Russell Greenberg and Dustin Donahue, percussion; Laura Barger and Julia Den Boer, pianos) will make its debut with the New York Philharmonic.

The Houston Symphony and Music Director Juraj Valčuha revealed details of the 2026−27 Season, Valčuha’s fifth as music director.

Pipa virtuoso Wu Man will reunite with the Kronos Quartet for 'Three Bones,' a groundbreaking performance at Zankel Hall that marks her 20th year performing with the ensemble on Carnegie Hall's stages.

On March 10 at Carnegie Hall, the Philadelphia Orchestra brought Gustav Mahler’s towering Symphony No.

Pianist Arcadi Volodos will release a new Sony Classical album featuring Schubert and Schumann.

The Springfield Chamber Players will perform at the Westfield Athenaeum in Westfield, MA.

GRAMMY-nominated harpist Yolanda Kondonassis will release TERRA INFIRMA on Azica Records this spring.

Countertenor Randall Scotting has released DIVINE IMPRESARIO: NICOLINI ON STAGE on Signum Classics.

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Sam Jackson, the Controller of BBC Radio 3 and BBC Proms, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Lang Lang International Music Foundation.

Starla Breshears, a recent alum of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music's Pre-College program, has been appointed to the cello section of the San Francisco Symphony at the young age of 18.

The American Music Institute, with locations in Clarendon Hills, Downers Grove, St Charles, and Geneva, IL, will present special violin fiddling lessons this March in celebration of St.