Last week’s performances of John Adams’s On the Transmigration of Souls at David Geffen Hall marked the first time the New York Philharmonic had offered the piece since its 2002 world premiere. The reasons for its near quarter-century … » Read

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of people joined outside the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Friday evening to protest President Donald Trump’s plans for the facility, lending their voices to a chorus of organizations and … » Read

Like the colleagues in the Boston Symphony , National Symphony , and the San Francisco Opera orchestra s, the musicians of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) have reached a new collective bargaining agreement. The Chicagoans have ratified … » Read

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts has received an anonymous gift of $60 million, the largest in its history, to underwrite a five-year preservation, cataloguing, and digitization effort to increase public access to over 15 … » Read

With the help of San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, the San Francisco Opera and its orchestra have reached a tentative agreement, effective August 1 of this year to July 31, 2030, and pending ratification by the musicians. Details are not yet … » Read

Kristina Hammer, president of the Salzburg Festival, has announced the appointment of Belgian director Peter de Caluwe, 63, as the new artistic director of the annual prestigious event. He succeeds Markus Hinterhäuser, who left the post in … » Read

Chang Han-na, president and CEO of the Seoul Arts Center , announced the center’s plan to launch a new resident orchestra next year. The creation of the as-yet unnamed ensemble, supported by recently secured government funding, is part of a … » Read

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Kennedy Center to provide 30 days’ notice before making any major physical changes to the building, including demolishing it as President Donald Trump has threatened. U.S. … » Read

Just on the eve of its annual Fall for Dance Festival, a two-week event that brings some of the world’s top performers and dance companies to Manhattan (September 22-Oct.3), the New York City Center has received $5 million from its outgoing … » Read

BMOP’s new season launches November 11 under Artistic Director Gil Rose with Julia Bullock performing Barber’s Knoxville Summer of 1915 and selections from Matthew Aucion’s No One’s Rose . Also on the program are the world … » Read