While AH Trump is rolling down the cultural sector, the Democratic Mayor of Nashville proudly announces that, in partnership with the technology company Metropolis, the city is expanding its already popular Metropolis Musicians Discount Program dedicated to lowering parking costs for local musicians playing in venues across the city.

Antonio Stradivari

The auction house Sotheby’s will sell the Joachim-Ma Stradivarius on 7 February. Crafted in 1714 by the Antonio Stradivari, the Joachim-Ma violin was produced at the height of Stradivari’s Golden Period. Read More →

Mirian Khukhunaishvili
(c) Paata Beridze

Iceland-based Georgian conductor. Georgian conductor Mirian Khukhunaishvili has been appointed music director of the Wroclaw Opera. He will start his tenure during the 2025-6 season. Read More →

Franz Welser-Möst
Photo: Don Snyder

The Cleveland Orchestra has announced that Music Director Franz Welser-Möst will return to Cleveland earlier than expected to lead an additional subscription week on February 27-28 and March 1. With an improved health condition Welser-Möst is back to the podium for an extended period, which includes the Orchestra’s performances at Carnegie Hall on March 18-19 and culminates in an all-Tchaikovsky program featuring Yuja Wang at Mandel Concert Hall on March 22-23. Read More →

Delyana Lazarova

Bulgarian conductor Delyana Lazarova has been appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (BBC SSO) from September 2025. Read More →

AH Trump has abolished the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) which Joe Biden had revived in 2022. Established in 1982, it worked directly with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to advise the national government’s investments and policy advancements within the art, culture, and humanities sectors. Read More →

At the Art Genève 2025 exhibition, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande presented the first mobile virtual reality application for the general public, allowing users to immerse themselves in the heart of a symphony orchestra. Developed by the Swiss company Cybel’Art, Virtual Hall® offers a completely new experience that takes music distribution to a new level. Read More →

The Premio Paganini in Genoa is innovating in 2025. For the first time, the international violin competition will introduce a chamber music round, creating a crucial new stage in the selection process for emerging soloists. Read More →

The winners of the 5th Basel Composition Competition have been announced. At the final concert followed by the award ceremony in the Paul Sacher Saal at Don Bosco Basel, the jury, chaired by Michael Jarrell, honoured the following participants: Read More →

Paolo Bortolameolli
(c) Jorge Brantmayer

Chilean-Italian conductor Paolo Bortolameolli has been named the next Music Director of the Opera Nacional de Chile and Filarmonica de Santiago with a tenure commencing in the 2026 season for an initial three years, Arabella Arts announced. Bortolameolli said, “I receive this appointment with tremendous pride and happiness, at a point where I have consolidated a very special artistic and personal relationship with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Santiago.”