Janos Gereben

The American Pianists Association has commissioned works for solo piano from five women composers – Lisa Bielawa (see previous item), Margaret Brouwer, Gabriela Lena Frank, Missy Mazzoli, and Sarah Kirkland Snider.

The Swedish label BIS Records has just released the second recording of the Minnesota Orchestra’s Sibeli

Kurt Masur has suffered another bad fall, this time breaking his hip. According to Stefana Atlas, the 85-year-old maestro's operations director, he fell in his hotel room last week in Tel Aviv, where he was scheduled to conduct the Israel Philharmonic over the next two weeks. He has since undergone hip replacement surgery and has had to cancel the remainder of his concerts there.

Former Oregon Symphony Music Director James DePreist, 77, died last week.

I've been complaining copiously in recent years about poor attendance to the S

West Bay Opera is presen

An intriguing message from Terri Stuart, president of the Wagner Society of Northern California: "2013 is the 200th anniver