https://cadenza.work/news/merola-opera-program-alumni-counted Cadenza en 2026-09-07T15:44:05.825Z We Counted Every Artist the Merola Opera Program Has Ever Taken: 1,438 People — and One in Seven Never Sang a Note. Merola Opera Program, San Francisco Opera, opera training, young artist programmes, répétiteur, opera coach, stage director, voice types, soprano, opera careers https://cadenza.work/news/gstaad-menuhin-festival-2026-70th-edition-27000-visitors-academies-ledger Cadenza en 2026-09-07T15:28:03.814Z Gstaad Closed Its 70th Summer With 27,000 Listeners, 52 Days and 26 Stradivari and Guarneri Violins in One Church. The Part Nobody Prints Is the Four Academies, So Here Is Who Got In, What It Cost and When to Apply. Menuhin Festival Gstaad, Gstaad Menuhin Festival, Daniel Hope, Gstaad String Academy, Gstaad Conducting Academy, Jaap van Zweden, Thomas Hampson, András Schiff, David Garrett, festival attendance https://cadenza.work/news/young-artist-schemes-ycat-cag-choose-one Cadenza en 2026-09-07T15:19:32.192Z Two Schemes Share Their Artists Across the Atlantic. Only One of Them Forbids You to Apply to the Other. YCAT, Young Classical Artists Trust, Concert Artists Guild, Young Concert Artists, young artist schemes, artist management, solo career, Wigmore Hall, Kronberg Academy, application deadlines https://cadenza.work/news/mutter-foundation-aida-stucki-prize-2026-moncado-scholars-ledger Cadenza en 2026-09-07T14:52:15.029Z A Prize Given Three Times in Fifteen Years. Anne-Sophie Mutter Handed the Aida Stucki Award to a 25-Year-Old Violinist in Lucerne, and Her Foundation's Own Page Shows What the Scholarship Behind It Has Produced. Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation, Aida Stucki Prize, Elias David Moncado, Lucerne Festival, violin, scholarships, string players, Roman Patkoló, Daniel Müller-Schott, Texu Kim https://cadenza.work/news/instrument-banks-stradivari-loans-counted Cadenza en 2026-09-07T14:47:39.523Z A Tokyo Foundation Owns 22 Stradivari and Guarneri and Lends Them Out Gratis. We Counted Canada's Bank Too: 136 Loans to 89 Musicians Since 1987. Stradivari, Guarneri del Gesu, instrument loans, Sasakawa Music Foundation, Nippon Music Foundation, Canada Council Musical Instrument Bank, Paganini Quartet, Queen Elisabeth Competition, rare instruments, music careers https://cadenza.work/news/atlanta-symphony-five-new-musicians-2026-base-scale-ledger Cadenza en 2026-09-07T14:37:09.061Z Atlanta Filled Two Principal Chairs and Three More in One Announcement. The Orchestra's Own Auditions Page Says What a Chair Pays, So Here Is the Ledger of Five Hires, the Contract Behind Them, and the Six Auditions Still to Come. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, orchestra auditions, principal trumpet, principal trombone, Elmer Churampi, Craig Mulcahy, base scale, ICSOM, orchestra salaries, Nathalie Stutzmann https://cadenza.work/news/summer-festival-costs-2027-who-pays-who-gets-paid Cadenza en 2026-09-07T13:59:28.057Z A Summer at Aspen Adds Up to $13,980. A Fellow Pays $325, the Same as Tanglewood. The Difference Is a Form You Can Only File on the Day You Apply. summer festivals, Aspen Music Festival, Tanglewood Music Center, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Music Academy of the West, Brevard Music Center, Verbier Festival Orchestra, application fees, tuition, scholarships https://cadenza.work/news/toronto-symphony-407-etr-2-3-million-sponsorship-ledger-2026 Cadenza en 2026-09-07T13:54:20.881Z A Toll Road Is Paying the Toronto Symphony $2.3 Million to Play Across the GTA. Divided by Five Years and Set Against a $34 Million Ledger, Here Is What the Cheque the Orchestra Calls Its Largest Corporate Gift to Community Work Buys. Toronto Symphony Orchestra, 407 ETR, Symphony Where You Are, corporate sponsorship, Barrett Family Foundation, Roy Thomson Hall, Brampton, Markham, Scarborough, orchestra finance https://cadenza.work/news/classic-fm-plus-ad-free-price-ledger-2026 Cadenza en 2026-09-07T13:38:47.792Z Classic FM Puts a Price on Silence. £4.99 a Month for the Ad Breaks to Go Away, 4.3 Million Weekly Listeners to Sell It To, and What an Ad-Free Hour of Classical Radio Now Costs. Classic FM, Classic FM Plus, Global, Global Player, RAJAR, ad-free radio, BBC Radio 3, Rayo Premium, classical radio, UK radio https://cadenza.work/news/conservatory-deadlines-2027-entry-what-is-actually-due Cadenza en 2026-09-07T13:27:36.047Z Four Conservatories Close on 1 December. The Prescreening Recording Is Due the Same Day, Which Means the Real Deadline Is October. conservatory admissions, application deadlines, Juilliard, Curtis Institute of Music, Manhattan School of Music, Yale School of Music, New England Conservatory, prescreening, application fees, music students https://cadenza.work/news/israeli-opera-2026-27-season-ettinger-weiss-engstroem-ledger Cadenza en 2026-09-07T13:21:52.623Z Tel Aviv Keeps Its Conductor for Four More Years, Promotes Its Casting Director From Within, and Hires the Man Who Built Verbier. The Israeli Opera's Seven-Opera, 64-Performance Season, With the Prices. Israeli Opera, Dan Ettinger, Shirit Lee Weiss, Martin Engstroem, Tali Barash-Gottlieb, Tel Aviv, opera season 2026-27, Meitar Opera Studio, Verbier Festival, Peter Grimes https://cadenza.work/news/bach-choir-of-bethlehem-leipzig-2027-st-matthew-passion-300th-ledger Cadenza en 2026-09-07T13:06:24.376Z Ninety Volunteers, One Market Square. The Choir That Gave America Its First B Minor Mass Will Sing the St Matthew Passion in Leipzig on Its 300th Birthday, and the Concert Is Free. Bach Choir of Bethlehem, Bachfest Leipzig 2027, St Matthew Passion, Christopher Jackson, Simon Halsey, MDR Sinfonieorchester, Bethlehem Bach Festival, volunteer choir, Bach Vocal Competition, Bach at Noon https://cadenza.work/news/svetlanov-competition-2026-birmingham-michal-oren-first-prize-ledger Cadenza en 2026-09-07T12:39:18.995Z The Prize Nobody Won for Sixteen Years. In Birmingham, the Svetlanov Competition Gave Its First Prize for Only the Second Time in Six Editions, and the Orchestra Voted for the Same Conductor. Evgeny Svetlanov International Conducting Competition, Michal Oren, Mikhail Mering, Rui Miguel Marques, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conducting competition, Symphony Hall Birmingham, Kazuki Yamada, Andris Poga https://cadenza.work/news/free-admission-map-world-class-music-costs-nothing Cadenza en 2026-09-07T12:33:18.321Z Free Admission, Wednesdays at One. The Map of World-Class Music That Costs Nothing, and How You Actually Get In. free concerts, Berliner Philharmoniker, Wigmore Hall, New World Symphony, Canadian Opera Company, BBC Proms, Les Prem's, access, ticket prices, young audiences https://cadenza.work/news/philopera-paris-opera-musicians-self-governing-orchestra-garnier-2026 Cadenza en 2026-09-07T12:21:49.174Z The Pit Walked Onto the Stage. 116 Musicians of the Paris Opéra Have Founded Their Own Orchestra, and It Played Its First Concert at the Garnier Ten Months Before the Stage Closes for Five Years. Philopéra, Opéra national de Paris, Palais Garnier, Daniel Harding, self-governing orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic, Filarmonica della Scala, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Alexander Neef, orchestra musicians https://cadenza.work/news/competition-deadlines-verified-autumn-2026 Cadenza en 2026-09-07T12:17:00.449Z Six Competition Deadlines Before Christmas, Checked at Source. Starting With the Ones Our Own Board Had Wrong. music competitions, competition deadlines, Leeds International Piano Competition, Cleveland International Piano Competition, Mirjam Helin, Queen Elisabeth Competition, Opera Crown, Verbier Festival Orchestra, application fees, prize funds https://cadenza.work/news/the-side-door-orchestral-academies-placement-count Cadenza en 2026-09-07T10:56:56.394Z The Side Door. A Third of the Berlin Philharmonic Came Through Its Own Academy. We Counted What the American Version Has Placed: 390 Posts, 292 Musicians, Seven Seasons. New World Symphony, Karajan-Akademie, Berliner Philharmoniker, orchestral academy, fellowship, orchestra jobs, orchestra auditions, Verbier Festival Orchestra, Tanglewood Music Center, Nürnberger Symphoniker https://cadenza.work/news/the-odds-orchestra-jobs-graduates-investigation-2026 Cadenza en 2026-09-07T10:54:24.432Z The Odds. America Fills About 130 Orchestra Chairs a Year and Graduates 7,193 Players to Try for Them. orchestra jobs, orchestral labor market, music performance degrees, IPEDS, ICSOM, ROPA, audition costs, orchestra salaries, Germany orchestras, unisono https://cadenza.work/news/bridge-records-sold-chandos-heymann-catalogue-ledger Cadenza en 2026-09-07T00:07:05.627Z One Composer's Edition Took Forty-Two Years. Bridge Records Has Been Sold, and the Buyer Is Assembling a Second Empire. Bridge Records, Chandos Records, Klaus Heymann, David Starobin, George Crumb, Elliott Carter, Naxos, Orfeo, Oehms Classics, record labels https://cadenza.work/news/bassem-akiki-polish-radio-orchestra-musicians-backed-him Cadenza en 2026-09-07T00:03:15.997Z A Warsaw Magazine Says Every Player Backed Him. A Conductor Who Came From Beirut as a Student Now Leads Poland's Radio Orchestra. Bassem Akiki, Polish Radio Orchestra, Warsaw, orchestra governance, chief conductor, conductor appointments, Michał Klauza, Berliner Philharmoniker, Vienna Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra https://cadenza.work/news/orchestra-auditions-closing-september-2026-ledger Cadenza en 2026-09-06T23:48:42.605Z The Audition Ledger. Twenty-nine orchestral vacancies close in the next thirty days, from two tutti cellos in the Berlin Philharmonic to the Concertgebouw's solo percussion, every one checked against the orchestra's own posting. Fifteen say what they pay. orchestra auditions, audition deadlines, September 2026, Berliner Philharmoniker, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic, Houston Symphony, orchestra jobs, orchestra salary, Cadenza jobs board https://cadenza.work/news/summer-festival-ledger-2026-attendance-box-office Cadenza en 2026-09-06T22:43:20.225Z The summer ledger, 2026. Salzburg projected 261,301 at over 99 per cent, Bregenz 275,000, Verbier 50,000 tickets, all in one table with the year-ago figures. good news, festivals, Salzburg Festival, Bregenz Festival, Verbier Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Rheingau Musik Festival, Edinburgh International Festival, Lucerne Festival, BBC Proms https://cadenza.work/news/boston-ballet-10-million-gift-endowment-ledger-2026 Cadenza en 2026-09-06T22:43:19.700Z Boston Ballet has been given $10 million, the largest endowment gift in its history. We put it beside the company's own audit, the New York City Ballet's, and the Symphony's. Boston Ballet, Mikko Nissinen, endowment, philanthropy, Boston Ballet Orchestra, Mischa Santora, New York City Ballet, Boston Symphony Orchestra, orchestra jobs, ballet https://cadenza.work/news/philharmonie-de-paris-les-prems-2026-standing-room-economics Cadenza en 2026-09-06T22:41:43.990Z Paris rips out its front stalls again. Les Prem's is back with 700 standing places at €15, after a first edition that sold 14,000 tickets and, its director says, broke even. Philharmonie de Paris, Les Prem's, BBC Proms, standing tickets, audience development, Olivier Mantei, Met Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Klaus Mäkelä, Orchestre de Paris https://cadenza.work/news/rubinstein-competition-2026-finals-tel-aviv-kronberg Cadenza en 2026-09-06T22:40:05.572Z The Rubinstein Opened in Germany. Six Pianists Are Finishing It in Tel Aviv This Week. Arthur Rubinstein Competition, piano competition, Tel Aviv, Kronberg Academy, Casals Forum, Israel Philharmonic, Israel Camerata Jerusalem, Roman Fediurko, Uladzislau Khandohi, Jinhyung Park https://cadenza.work/news/windsor-symphony-robert-franz-cancer-centre-tickets-2026 Cadenza en 2026-09-06T22:36:16.816Z A music director's last programme note. The Windsor Symphony gives 400 tickets to the cancer centre staff who treated Robert Franz, in the season that will choose his successor. Windsor Symphony Orchestra, Robert Franz, Windsor Regional Cancer Centre, Capitol Theatre, music director search, Patti Lauzon, Brandon Atkins, Andrew Crust, Benoît Gauthier, Cosette Justo Valdés https://cadenza.work/news/september-ledger-week-two-2026 Cadenza en 2026-09-06T20:53:20.480Z The Ledger, Week Two: Five Tenures in Toronto, a Prize Fund in Kentucky, and Two New Podiums in Europe. Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Matthew Hakkarainen, tenure, appointments, Petr Popelka, Bayerische Staatsoper, Dima Slobodeniouk, Finnish National Opera, Tugan Sokhiev, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande https://cadenza.work/news/prizes-that-fund-a-career-september-2026 Cadenza en 2026-09-06T20:53:20.218Z The Prizes That Fund a Career: €60,000 for a Quartet, a Rare-Violin Loan for a Sixteen-Year-Old, and Mutter's First Stucki Prize Since 2013. Jürgen Ponto Foundation, Motus Quartet, Aida Stucki Prize, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Elias David Moncado, Cooper International Competition, Mingzhe Ye, Oberlin, string quartet, violin https://cadenza.work/news/lincoln-center-west-baron-theater-2028 Cadenza en 2026-09-06T20:53:19.960Z Lincoln Center Is Taking Down Its Wall: A $335 Million Park, a 2,000-Seat Free Theater, and an Opening in 2028. Lincoln Center, Baron Theater, Damrosch Park, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Amsterdam Avenue, outdoor theater, free performances, New York, concert hall, accessibility https://cadenza.work/news/eva-marton-competition-2026-valentina-pravdina Cadenza en 2026-09-06T20:53:19.706Z Budapest Crowns a Soprano: Valentina Pravdina Takes €35,000 and the Room. Éva Marton International Singing Competition, Valentina Pravdina, Liszt Academy, Budapest, soprano, singing competition, Ludovic Tézier, Premio Bastianini, opera prizes, young singers https://cadenza.work/news/canadian-opera-company-free-concert-series-20-seasons Cadenza en 2026-09-06T20:53:19.312Z Twenty Seasons, 1,500 Concerts, 236,000 People, Nothing Charged: The Canadian Opera Company's Free Series Turns Twenty. Canadian Opera Company, Free Concert Series, Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre, Toronto, free concerts, audience development, opera, Ensemble Studio, Xenia Concerts https://cadenza.work/news/tuition-free-conservatories-guide-2026 Cadenza en 2026-09-06T20:39:52.909Z Where a Music Degree Costs Nothing: The Tuition-Free Conservatories of 2026. tuition-free, conservatory, music school, Curtis Institute of Music, Colburn School, Yale School of Music, New England Conservatory, scholarships, music degree cost, study abroad https://cadenza.work/news/st-louis-symphony-taylor-music-center-first-season-2026 Cadenza en 2026-09-06T20:39:52.632Z St. Louis Rebuilt Its Hall. Then 180,000 People Came. St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Powell Hall, Jack C. Taylor Music Center, Stéphane Denève, Forest Park, free concert, concert hall renovation, orchestra attendance, Marie-Hélène Bernard, capital campaign https://cadenza.work/news/september-2026-podium-ledger-appointments Cadenza en 2026-09-06T20:39:52.384Z The September Ledger: Four Podiums, Five Chairs, One Search Still Open. appointments, Kazuki Yamada, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Gordon Gerrard, Manitoba Opera, Molly Turner, Minnesota Orchestra, Ilan Kumaranayake Mendel, Calgary Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony https://cadenza.work/news/louisville-orchestra-record-season-2026 Cadenza en 2026-09-06T20:39:52.123Z How Louisville Built the Orchestra That Sells Out. Louisville Orchestra, Teddy Abrams, In Harmony Tour, Kentucky, orchestra attendance, sold out, community engagement, music education, Jude Vaclavik, Jordan Harris https://cadenza.work/news/competition-season-2026-ard-munich-cello-winners Cadenza en 2026-09-06T20:39:51.596Z The Cellists' Year: Pagano in Brussels, Federle in Yerevan, and Munich This Week. Queen Elisabeth Competition, Ettore Pagano, Tae-Yeon Kim, Casals Gofriller cello, ARD International Music Competition, Munich, Khachaturian Competition, Cosima Federle, Maria Elli Petridou, World's Biggest Stage