The Associated Press

Conductor Neville Marriner, 92, who led the Academy of St Martin in the Fields to become one of the world's most-recorded classical music groups, has died.

Seong-Jin Cho of South Korea has won the career-paving 17th International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. See the pivotal performance.

The Handel & Haydn Society says David Snead, a vice president of the New York Philharmonic, has been appointed president and CEO of the Boston-based classical music organization.

Bayreuth's annual opera festival is kicking off with a new production of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde by the composer's great-granddaughter, festival director Katharina Wagner.

The decision by the defunct opera company's board follows months of legal maneuvers between two bidders who both hope to revive the company.

Pop violinist Vanessa-Mae was cleared by sport's highest court Friday of allegations she helped fix Alpine skiing races so she could qualify for the Sochi Olympics.

Revenue from digital music matched that from physical albums and discs for the first time in 2014, a global industry body said Tuesday.

Russia's culture minister on Sunday fired the director of a Siberian theater whose modern staging of Wagner's "Tannhauser" offended the powerful Russian Orthodox Church.

Gustavo Dudamel’s wife, Eloisa Maturen, has filed for divorce according to Los Angeles court records released Thursday. The couple has been married for nine years.

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Yehudi Wyner has been elected president of the American Academy of Art Letters.

 Organizers of a Swiss music festival say Israeli conductor Israel Yinon collapsed during a performance and died.

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra management has announced agreement with its players on a four-year contract and says the orchestra's 70th anniversary season will open Thursday.

After the lights dimmed for the St. Louis Symphony’s performance of the Brahms Requiem Saturday night, the first solo voice that rang out was not that of the chorus.

Two men accused of killing New York concert violinist Mary Whitaker during a robbery in her rural home are due in federal court.

Binge drinkers and frat boys aren't the only ones despairing over Maryland's new ban on grain alcohol: Violin makers who used the liquor to make varnish are also affected.

The Utah Symphony is using classical music to complement the beauty of Utah's soaring red rocks and canyons with free desert performances.

Acrobats, dancers and musicians who perform in New York City's subway system are decrying what they say is heavy-handed policing.

The government should clarify federal rules about bringing musical instruments on to commercial flights as carry-on luggage, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed said.

A Milwaukee man who provided the stun gun used in the theft of a $5 million Stradivarius violin in January was sentenced Thursday to 3 1/2 years in prison.

The Library of Congress is honoring Billy Joel with its Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.