• October 8 2025
  Amy Kazmin

  Discord at the Venice opera house

  La Fenice’s orchestra has objected loudly to the appointment of a conductor aligned with Giorgia Meloni’s party

  
• October 7 2025
  LexArtificial intelligence

  AI slop is coming for your music

  Music industry must plan for the day when AI music-generation tools produce humanlike music in bulk

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• October 6 2025
  Review

  Viennese Fledermaus is lavish and breathtaking but with too many gags

  Opening production from new Theater an der Wien director Stefan Herheim is oversexed and overstuffed

  
• October 6 2025
  FT Globetrotter

  What’s on in Istanbul this autumn

  Take in the highlights of a rich cultural scene — and run the world’s only intercontinental marathon — in the Turkish megalopolis this season

  
• October 5 2025
  The Life of a Song

  To Be Young, Gifted and Black — Nina Simone’s 1969 track was built for uplift

  Written to honour the playwright Lorraine Hansberry, the track was covered memorably by reggae singers Bob & Marcia

  
• October 4 2025
  HTSI

  HTSI editor’s letter: feeling the love with Olivia Dean

  The singer is just one of the innovative tastemakers featured in this issue

  
• October 4 2025
  ReviewAlbums

  Daniil Trifonov plays Tchaikovsky’s piano pieces with glittering mastery

  The Russian is flexible and poetic on this two-disc compendium that includes four substantial works

  
• October 4 2025
  ReviewAlbums

  Cheikh Lô: Maame — the Senegalese star makes a welcome return

  The musician’s first record in a decade does not disappoint with its mix of praise songs and political tracks

  
• October 3 2025
  Person in the News

  Daniel Ek, the Spotify founder who wants to stay in control

  After revolutionising the music industry, the streaming mogul is stepping back but not giving up

  
• October 3 2025
  ReviewAlbums

  Taylor Swift promised ‘bangers’ on The Life of a Showgirl. Where are they?

  The star’s 12th record reunites her with Swedish superproducers Max Martin and Shellback, but with diminishing returns

  
• October 2 2025
  Artificial intelligence

  Music labels close to landmark AI licensing deals

  Universal and Warner seek payment structure similar to streaming as more disruption looms

  
• October 2 2025
  Interview

  Musician Neko Case: ‘The thing nobody tells you is that at 55 you’re going to feel excellent’

  The singer-songwriter is on a roll with an unflinching memoir, a new solo album — and a ‘Thelma & Louise’ musical in the works

  
• October 2 2025
  HTSI

  Everyone loves Olivia Dean

  The London-born soul singer has erupted onto the global stage. But she still wants to keep things intimate

  
• October 1 2025
  Review

  Five stars for 11,000 Strings played on 50 pianos in New York

  Georg Friedrich Haas’s microtonal work brings an astonishing palette of colours and sounds to the Park Avenue Armory

  
• September 30 2025
  Spotify Technology SA

  Spotify CEO Ek to step down as music streamer splits role

  Company appoints Alex Norström and Gustav Söderström co-chief executives as co-founder becomes executive chair

  
• September 30 2025
  Review

  Hamburg Staatsoper makes statement of intent with Das Paradies und die Peri

  New artistic team’s staging of Schumann’s oratorio embraces artificiality while the singing brings strong emotional focus

  
• September 30 2025
  Review

  Lady Gaga wows London with big-budget battle of good and evil

  Elaborate costumery, energetic dance routines and powerful singing marked The Mayhem Ball’s arrival at the O2 Arena

  
• September 29 2025
  Review

  English National Opera’s Cinderella is sassy and fun

  Staging of Rossini’s La Cenerentola brings charm and comedy to London’s Coliseum

  
• September 28 2025
  The Life of a Song

  Land of 1000 Dances — its infectious hook came about through a slip-up

  Cannibal & the Headhunters’ 1965 hit wasn’t the original version of the track — but an improvised chant brought them fame

  
• September 27 2025
  FT Magazine

  The mafia hitman who dreamt of being a pop star

  The scarcely believable true story of convicted Israeli assassin Avner Harari

  
• September 27 2025
  Interview

  Ringo Starr: ‘The Beatles are still selling records — we do billions of streams a year!’

  Now showing his art in Las Vegas, the musician reflects on how the band’s appeal (like him) refuses to grow old

  
• September 27 2025
  ReviewAlbums

  Olivia Dean takes it to the next level with The Art of Loving

  The Londoner channels Burt Bacharach and Fleetwood Mac across retro, tasteful songs

  
• September 27 2025
  ReviewAlbums

  Geese: Getting Killed — roiling rhythmic energy

  The New York indie outfit embrace a sure sense of groove in their fourth record

  
• September 27 2025
  HTSIThink jazz is dead? These four stars are leading its revival

  Enji, the Mongolian singer bringing the steppes to the American standards

  She started with Etta James – then added Urtiin duu

  
• September 27 2025
  HTSIThink jazz is dead? These four stars are leading its revival

  Duval Timothy: Solange and Kendrick Lamar’s secret weapon

  South London meets Sierra Leone in the jazz star’s sound