No, tenor Juan Diego Florez didn’t do an encore to “Ah, mes amis,” despite a long and lusty accolade from the beyond-appreciative crowd. But he did just about everything else in a manner calculated to please the far-flung audiences of…

Concertgoers and others heading to Grand Center now have another worry: traffic for St. Louis University’s Chaifetz Arena.

A steady stream of cars heading for the Arena on Friday night clogged the highway and Compton Avenue, and made some ticket…

The Wagnerites turned out in force at the Art Museum on Saturday for “Tristan und Isolde,” live from the Met in HD broadcast. It starred soprano Deborah Voigt and tenor Robert Dean Smith – her fourth Tristan in as many…

Tonight I attended my third (and probably last, since my Junior Child is now an eighth grader, and will move on to high school in the fall) “Fine Arts Festival” at a middle school in West County.

These are get-there-early…

It’s a big night for conductor Leonard Slatkin, composer Joan Tower and the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, whose “Tower: Made in America” won three Grammy awards, including “Best Classical Album.” It’s a big night for Naxos, their label, as well.

This…

NOTE: Due to a space shortage in Sunday’s A&E section, this story had to be cut severely. Here’s the whole thing.

It may be strange, but it’s gorgeous.

The music of Olivier Messiaen, that is. Messiaen was the most important…

I’m still out sick, so here’s a guest review from George Yeh. (One note about attendance: Powell Hall, of course, seats many hundreds more than the Pulitzer.)

Take it away, George:

At the beginning of the Pulitzer Foundation concert on…

This marks a major changing of the guard.

HENRY FOGEL TO STEP DOWN AS PRESIDENT & CEO OF THE AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LEAGUE AT CONCLUSION OF HIS CONTRACT

JESSE ROSEN IS NAMED NEW PRESIDENT & CEO EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008

Fogel to…

Leaving the hype aside, the Gramophone awards are prestigious, and worth noting. Here’s the press release:
CLASSIC FM GRAMOPHONE AWARDS 2007 RESULTS

VIOLINIST JULIA FISCHER NAMED ‘ARTIST OF THE YEAR’ IN WORLD’S BIGGEST CLASSICAL VOTE

BRAZILIAN PIANIST NELSON FRIERE BAGS RECORD OF THE…

The new radio ads for the SLSO feature a cheerful female voice talking up the weekend’s offerings. So far, so good. Then comes the tag line: “The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra: It’s not what you think.”

What’s that supposed to mean?…