A tentative contract agreement has been reached between the San Diego Symphony and locked-out musicians, sources told The Times.
Leonard Bernstein will conduct the Vienna Philharmonic on Sept. 24 to open the season at Carnegie Hall.
Texaco Inc. will continue to sponsor national broadcasts of performances by the Metropolitan Opera, despite the oil company's move into federal bankruptcy court, a Texaco spokesman said.
The first prize of the Joanna Hodges Piano Competition and Conference in Palm Springs went unawarded Saturday night after the judges found nobody qualified to play with the Royal Academy of London Orchestra.
A manuscript of nine symphonies handwritten by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is expected to bring a record price of at least $1.5 million when it is sold later this month at Sotheby's, the London auction house said Monday.
Cremona, Italy, will mark the 250th anniversary of Antonio Stradivari's death this year with a month of concerts by some of the world's most celebrated musicians, who will all play Stradivarius instruments.
Bernard Haitink, music director-designate of London's Royal Opera House, announced Wednesday the
A telephone tip led to the recovery of a $70,000 violin stolen at knifepoint from a musician in New York, police said.
"The Toscanini Legacy," a collection of personal papers and memorabilia that promises to shed new light on the conductor, will soon be available for study at the New York Public Library, the New York Times reported Monday.
Hot tickets in Europe right now are for trains to Brussels.
Peter Hemmings, executive director of Los Angeles Music Center Opera, confirmed Tuesday that he is
Iran's claim to a valuable 1698 Stradivarius violin was rejected Wednesday by a Washington jury that decided the instrument belonged to a wealthy Tehran carpet dealer who fled his home country in 1981.
Houston's new $70-million Wortham Theater Center opened Saturday night with an invitation-only black-tie gala.
L.A. new-music advocate Betty Freeman and violinist Isaac Stern will be honored by the American
Baby boomers have taken to baby grands in a big way, according to the American Music Conference.
The Los Angeles Philharmonic was among the 153 orchestras and ensembles receiving grants totaling more than $8 million from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Given the recent realization of the "global village" concept, it had to happen.
For the second time in nine days, former New York Met director Sir Rudolf Bing--suffering from Alzheimer's disease--disappeared in London after going out for a pack of cigarettes.
At the luncheon opening the 42nd national conference of the American Symphony Orchestra League, in New York today, the Los Angeles Philharmonic will receive first place in the ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) Awards.
Soviet pianist Vladimir Feltsman, whose promising career was halted eight years ago when he applied for an exit visa to Israel, has announced that his request to emigrate had been granted by the Soviet government.