Buffalo News, New York — The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. And on the night of the 2010-11 season opening gala, Music Director JoAnn Falletta will give the downbeat for the same music that the BPO, led by Lajos Shuk, played for... more info

Mercury News, California — The orchestra's ninth season opens Sept. 30 at the California Theatre with an old friend on the podium: George Cleve, leading music by Schumann, Mahler and Beethoven. It ends in June 2011 with a program led by Carolyn Kuan, 33, a rising presence. Sub... more info

Detroit Free Press — A cursory look at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's program this weekend suggests the same-old same-old. But closer inspection of the works led by the German pianist-conductor Christian Zacharias reveals two rarities and one of Beethoven's l... more info

Guardian Music — Are there any angry women left in rock and pop? Joan Jett, riot grrrl figurehead Kathleen Hanna and others talk about where it went wrong – and right – for female musiciansJoan Jett is remembering a time long ago, before women were ruli... more info

The Telegraph — Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Angela Hewitt (piano); Rating: * * * * * more info

All About Jazz — Jerry Adler, a harmonica virtuoso whose pure, open sound can be heard on the soundtracks to Shane, High Noon, Mary Poppins and other films, but who labored in the shadow of his more famous harmonica-playing older brother, Larry, died on March 13 in E... more info

Guardian Music — Eminent violinist and orchestra leaderThe distinguished violinist Max Salpeter, who has died aged 101, led such orchestras as the Philharmonia Orchestra, London Mozart Players, New London Orchestra, Boyd Neel Orchestra, Pro-Arte Orchestra and the rec... more info

Guardian Music — Queen Elizabeth Hall, London"An animated concert" is composer Richard Ayres's own description of No 42, In the Alps, a work for soprano, trumpet and orchestra that, like so much of his output, seems to thumb its nose at the buttoned-up conventions ... more info

Guardian Music — Influenced by a mix of Rachmaninoff and Daft Punk, Bright Eyes and Beethoven, these 11 classically-trained musicians could have sounded messy — and sometimes they do. But it's an intriguing messHometown: New York.The lineup: Emanuel Ayvas (lea... more info

Altsounds — With influences from Beethoven, Rachmaninov and Glass, to their peers such as Arcade Fire, Daft Punk, and Sufjan Stevens, the eleven piece orchestral rock band, Emanuel And The Fear, create extravagant and climactic, intelligent and complex arran... more info