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CSO Cancels Remainder of 2020-21 Season

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra today announced the cancellation of all 2020-21 season programs from April 1 to June 13, 2021, extending cancellations that had been announced previously.

Associated Press | January 14, 2021

Luisi’s term with Dallas Symphony extended through 2028-29

Associated Press | January 14, 2021

Delayed Kennedy Center Honors to be rescheduled for mid-May

Lisa Flynn | January 14, 2021

The Modern Musical Dynasty: Kanneh-Mason Family Performs Saint-Saëns, Bob Marley

Video | Paula Kosower & Kuang-Hao Huang Play Nadia Boulanger, Debussy, Beethoven Live

WFMT | January 13, 2021

From the Chicago Cultural Center, cellist Paul Kosower and collaborative pianist Kuang-Hao Huang present works of Nadia Boulanger, Claude Debussy, and Ludwig van Beethoven.

Conductor Simon Rattle to leave London post for Munich

Associated Press | January 11, 2021

The two organizations said Monday that the acclaimed conductor will become the German orchestra's chief conductor in 2023.

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Montreal Symphony Orchestra Names Next Music Director

WFMT | January 8, 2021

Rafael Payare has been announced as the next music director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. He will begin his tenure in the 2022-23 season

Grammy Awards shift to March due to pandemic conditions

Associated Press | January 5, 2021

The 2021 Grammy Awards will no longer take place this month in Los Angeles and will broadcast in March due to a recent surge in coronavirus cases and deaths.

Claude Bolling, popular jazz-classical musician, dead at 90

Associated Press | January 2, 2021

The Cannes native was a professional musician by his teens and over the following decades would perform with everyone from Lionel Hampton to Yo-Yo Ma.

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