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The Ernst von Siemens Music Prize recognises a lifetime of outstanding contributions to music, and will be presented to Savall at a ceremony in May.

The Order of Princess Olha was bestowed on her on Ukraine's Day of Unity by the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

John Harte will become only the tenth person to manage the London Symphony Orchestra in its 122-year history.

At the invitation of the Mehli Mehta Music Foundation, the Belgrade Philharmonic will perform two concerts at the National Center of Performing Arts under Mehta’s baton. 

Semyon Bychkov, currently finishing up his role as Chief Conductor of the Czech Philharmonic, will take over at Opéra national de Paris from August 2028.

The appointment coincides with the orchestra’s 70th anniversary in 2026, and will see Chung take overall responsibility for the ensemble’s artistic planning and direction.

The multi-arts centre in the City of London, once dubbed “the world's most bewildering arts centre”, will close for a year in 2028 for major works to be completed ahead of its 50th anniversary in 2032.

The new work will include the bells being cast for the eighteen towers of the Sagrada Família in Barcelona, which is expected to be completed in 2026 after 144 years.

French conductor Nathalie Stutzmann will be the first woman to hold the position of Artistic and Music Director of Monaco’s orchestra in its 170-year history.

The King made a surprise visit to the prestigious conducting competition in London, currently being filmed for a Sky Arts series Making A Maestro, broadcast next spring. 

The German-Colombian conductor will succeed Daniele Rustioni from September 2026.

The two newly attributed pieces lay overlooked in manuscript form, until researcher Peter Wollny was able to firmly identify them as being by a 20-year-old JS Bach. 

The current CEO of English National Opera will succeed Marcus Davey, who has led the Roundhouse since its redevelopment in 1999.

The legendary mezzo-soprano Agnes Baltsa received a standing ovation while collecting her Lifetime Achievement Award, while other awards went to artists and companies from around the globe.

Special awards were presented to Anne Dudley, Anoushka Shankar and Debbie Wiseman, who became the first recipient of the Outstanding Contribution to Screen Composition award.

A ceremony honoured the legendary composer and conductor’s enduring impact on film and orchestral music, and his long-standing relationship with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

The Philharmonie de Paris has responded, condemning the actions in the strongest terms, after audience members set off smoke bombs during Thursday's concert.

The American conductor will take on his first Music Director role at an American institution from the start of the 2027–28 season.

As the winner of the 2025 Best Opera House award, Bavaria's biggest multi-genre theatre, Theater Regensburg, will host the Oper! Awards in 2026.

The Lithuanian conductor will join Jaap van Zweden in the titled roles of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France from September 2026.

Soloist Carolin Widmann was due to perform Clara Iannotta’s new violin concerto later this week – until Essen Philharmonic took a vote to effectively cancel the performance

Prestigious opera competition Operalia, held this year in Sofia, Bulgaria, is open to singers of all voice types between 20 and 32 years old.

Trumpeter Katie Smith has become the fourth generation of her family to join the London Symphony Orchestra, a lineage stretching back to the 1930s. 

Thangam Debbonaire will be the inaugural CEO of the new UK Opera Association, which will act as the collective voice for opera in the UK.

A 17-person international jury has selected Eric Lu as the first prize winner of the illustrious competition after 15 days of competition.

The trailblazing ballerina Misty Copeland, the first Black female Principal Dancer at American Ballet Theatre, is stepping back from the company at a star-studded gala in New York City.

Musicians at the Venice opera house have erupted in protest over the allegedly politically motivated appointment of Beatrice Venezi, a former advisor to Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing government.

The London Symphony Orchestra’s East London home, which re-opens for performances from 7th November, has had significant improvements to its acoustics, accessibility and recording capabilities.

The Flanders Festival Ghent, Belgium, has cancelled a concert on 18th September by the Munich Philharmonic, citing concerns over its incoming Chief Conductor, Lahav Shani.

The conductor who transformed The Cleveland Orchestra into one of the world's leading ensembles died on 6th September 2025, just two days before his 96th birthday.

The prestigious Swiss festival will now have an overseas winter chapter, in China’s third largest city and one of the world centres of tech and manufacturing. 

The Royal Ballet School is introducing substantial changes as to how it trains its younger students at entry level, with effect from September 2026.

Festival leadership and city police have alleged that insiders and a former employee may have assisted pro-Palestine protestors to disrupt the Austrian vice chancellor’s speech at Salzburg Festival on Saturday.

Used to make string instrument bows for more than 200 years, Brazilian authorities wish to tighten trade on the critically endangered brazilwood tree, due to repeated illegal exploitation.

Director of Opera, Oliver Mears, was filmed trying to remove a Palestine flag raised by a performer during the final curtain call for Il trovatore. RBO has since said their “goal is to act with integrity and compassion.”

The pioneering conductor of the London Classical Players and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment has died, aged 91.

Hrůša will initially be on a five-year contract, but the orchestra has already signalled its intention of this being the beginning of a long-term relationship.

The composer of scores for films such as Mission: Impossible, Bullitt, Cool Hand Luke and Dirty Harry has died aged 93.

Bachtrack founder Alison Karlin remembers Simon Majaro, founder of the Cavatina Chamber Music Trust, who provided moral and practical support in Bachtrack’s early days. 

A handful of arts leaders in the UK have been honoured in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours list, announced on Friday 13th June.

An experiment at the Dresden Music Festival has shown that the “love hormone” oxytocin increases more during a concert experience than during physical proximity.

Classical music’s most lucrative award, of $1 million, has been given to the prestigious French summer opera festival, in particular recognition of Kaija Saariaho’s opera Innocence.

The Barbican’s foyer, lakeside and conservatory will all see improved accessibility and sustainability through the £240m scheme.

With an initial contract set from 2026 until 2030 – when the conductor will be 77 – the appointment represents the culmination of a relationship lasting more than three decades. 

Leaders have been expressing concerns about the far-reach practical implications for cultural venues as well as protecting trans, nonbinary and intersex people from discrimination.

The BBC’s prestigious young artist development scheme, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, welcomes six new entrants for 2025–27.

Particularly respected for his knowledge of sought-after instruments by Stradivari and Guarneri, Beare’s opinions were valued by leading soloists.

The sought-after current music director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra will adopt this new role in Berlin from the 2026–27 season.

A longtime connoisseur of Pushkin’s novel, Fiennes’ production will hit the boards at Palais Garnier in February 2026.

The renowned Hungarian-born British pianist has become the latest musician to announce a withdrawal from planned concerts in the United States, for explicitly political reasons.