BOSTON CLASSICAL MUSIC NEWS COVERAGE

The Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival revealed the 2025 summer concert season. The Festival will present ten live performances in five venues across Cape Cod. Learn more!...

The Boston Pops will once again turn to the music and stars of Broadway when the orchestra opens its 139th spring season at  Symphony Hall on May 8 with Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award-winner Cynthia Erivo (“The Color Purple”) as special guest....

The Lowell Chamber Orchestra has unveiled its seventh season, promising an ambitious lineup of performances that continue to challenge the conventional boundaries of classical music. Learn more! ...

The Lowell Chamber Orchestra has revealed the winners of its fourth international young artist competition. Learn more about the competition and the winners here!...

The Boston Symphony Orchestra has unveiled its 2025–26 season running from September 17, 2025, through May 3, 2026. Learn more about the season programming here! ...

The Boston Modern Orchestra Project will conclude its 28th season with a free concert at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets. ...

The Handel and Haydn Society has revealed details of its 2025-26 Season, the 211th consecutive season. Learn more about the season and see how to purchase tickets here!...

Four iconic artists join the 2025 Tanglewood Popular Artist Series, which each year brings a star-studded lineup of musicians and performers to Tanglewood’s Koussevitzky Music Shed. See the lineup and learn more!...

On Sunday May 11, Kendall Square Orchestra (K2O), a volunteer ensemble of musicians from Boston's world-renowned science and technology community, will present its fifth Symphony for Science, transforming Symphony Hall into a stage for powerful stories and soaring music. ...

THE COMPLETE BACH, Music Worcester's 11-year project to present live performances of all known works by J.S. Bach wraps up its first season on Sunday April 27th at 4pm with an afternoon of all-organ music, Moveable Feast: Bach Organ Recital....

The Springfield Chamber Players will continue its 2025 Westfield Athenaeum season with the debut performance of the Springfield Chamber Players' Oboe Quartet, on Thursday, April 10, at 7PM. ...

Japanese pianist/composer Satoko Fujii and her Tokyo Trio stop in Massachusetts for three concerts as part of a spring tour of North America celebrating the March release of Dream a Dream, the ensemble's first studio recording. ...

The Boston Wagner Society has unveiled plans to transform its prestigious Boston Wagner Institute (BWI) into a landmark biennial program that will establish New England as America's premier hub for Wagnerian vocal training and artistic development. ...

Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, led by guest conductor Alyssa Wang, Assistant Conductor of the Boston Ballet, will take Pro Arte and the audience on a dramatic journey from darkness to light in a concert titled The Passionate Viola. Learn how to attend. ...

The Boston Public Quartet (BPQ) will present A Radical Welcome: Source Code, a program celebrating the music of five landmark women composers from the late romantic period to the present, at The Strand Theatre on Thursday, May 22nd at 7:30pm....

MIT will present the Boston-area premiere of Golden City, Grammy Award-winning alto saxophonist/composer and MIT faculty member Miguel Zenón's powerful suite for large ensemble....

The Cape Ann Symphony's 73rd Concert Season will continue with Mendelssohn, Saint-Saëns, and Beethoven featuring the return of CAS audience favorite and Boston Symphony Orchestra cellist Owen Young. Learn more! ...

Legendary singer-songwriter Paul Simon announced 'A Quiet Celebration Tour,' a US Tour for this Spring and Summer 2025 where he will present the live-debut performance of his critically acclaimed, Grammy-nominated album Seven Psalms, as well as perform a celebration of his timeless classics....

New England Conservatory has announced the appointment of internationally acclaimed bass Ricardo Lugo to its voice faculty. With a career that includes performances at prestigious opera houses and concert halls around the world, Lugo brings a wealth of experience and artistry to NEC's vocal program....

The Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) and Music Director Andris Nelsons have announced two programs as part of Carnegie Hall's 2025–26 season, each pairing vivid works by living composers with core favorites of symphonic repertoire. ...

The Tanglewood Popular Artist Series, which each year brings a star-studded lineup of musicians and performers to Tanglewood's Koussevitzky Music Shed, adds two exciting new concert dates to the 2025 season....

New Philharmonia Orchestra, under Music Director Jorge Soto will continue its 2024-25 season with concerts at Grace Church in Newton Corner.  Robert Schumann's Symphony No. 4 and Hector Berlioz's Harold in Italy. Learn more! ...

This year is shaping up as an exciting one for rising star conductor Leonard Weiss as he works towards his 2026 debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The MSO's Cybec Assistant Conductor, Leonard Weiss has been selected as a Conducting Fellow at the prestigious Tanglewood Music Center....

Tanglewood has revealed details of its 2025 season, opening in late June. The 2025 Tanglewood season features more than 100 performances. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets....

The Jazz Studies department and the Intercultural Institute at NEC present a full-day event on Thursday, February 27 which includes a workshop, presentations, and a panel discussion followed by a concert featuring the NEC Jazz Orchestra and a mehter band (so-called “Ottoman Janissary Band”)....

Join the Boston Pops for the 2025 season from May 8–June 7, celebrating Keith Lockhart's 30th anniversary as conductor. Highlights include 10 eclectic programs featuring Broadway, rock, and film scores. Special guests include Cynthia Erivo, making her Pops debut. Tickets available starting February ...

Music Worcester welcomes two exemplary ensembles, Imani Winds and Boston Brass for a concert showcasing the variety of classical and contemporary music written for wind and brass instruments at Tuckerman Hall on Friday, February 14th at 8:00 pm....

The newest edition of Cherry Street Music's chamber music series will present Classical with a Twist: Love is All Around, on Sunday, February 2nd at The Allen Center in West Newton (MA). ...

With the return of Crossing the Deep, the Handel and Haydn Society is inviting audiences to explore and reflect upon the stories, themes, and musical traditions of European sacred music by George Frideric Handel. Learn how to purchase tickets!...

Pianist Jeremy Denk and the Handel & Haydn Society are the headline attractions for Bach's Birthday Bash, a four-concert weekend presented by Music Worcester at Worcester's Mechanics Hall March 21-23, 2025.  ...

This January, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Andris Nelsons present a special monthlong festival, Beethoven & Romanticism. ...

​Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra will present a family- focused concert, Musical Super Heroes at War Memorial Hall. Learn more about the family-friendly concert and see how to attend. ...

Passim School of Music is setting independent musicians up for success with a 2025 career workshop, guiding artists with a roadmap to achieve their musical goals and aspirations for the new year. ...

The NEC Jazz Orchestra will celebrate the 95th birthday of groundbreaking pianist, composer and bandleader Toshiko Akiyoshi with a performance of her music in December. Learn more....

The Boston Symphony Orchestra announced a free chamber concert featuring world premieres by Andrew List, Elena Roussanova, and Julius P. Williams, celebrating Jamaica Plain's history and character....

The NEC Jazz Orchestra and Ken Schaphorst Big Band will perform at Regattabar on November 6, 2024....

GRAMMY® nominated Theo Bleckmann will perform on October 30, showcasing his vocal and compositional talents. ...

WELL-STRUNG, the string quartet known for blending classical music with pop hits, has announced their return to Provincetown Town Hall....

For the 171st consecutive year, the Handel and Haydn Society will present Handel’s glorious Messiah, performing on period instruments like those Handel knew and composed for. ...

The Annisquam Village Church has announced the opening of its music series on October 19, featuring a variety of performances. ...