A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction stopping the Trump administration from dismantling Voice of America (VOA) while a number of law suits by employees are adjudicated. On April 22, Judge Royce C. Lamberth ordered the … » Read

Barry Kosky, the 58-year-old Australian theater and opera director, is a man of many enthusiasms, loving everything from the Muppets and pop music to Vivaldi and Wagner. All that matters, he tells The Guardian , is “whether it touches the … » Read

The American Academy in Rome has announced the winning 2025-26 fellows. There are 35 of them, out of 990 applicants, and they hail from the arts, humanities, and sciences. The prize entitles them to work, study, and collaborate amongst themselves … » Read

The Kronos Quartet embraces a constantly changing repertoire that includes works by a multitude of composers and performers. But until now, what hasn’t changed in over 40 years are the four musicians who comprise the San Francisco-based … » Read

Ryan Fleur is the new president and CEO of the Philadelphia Orchestra, moving into the role permanently after nearly four months as interim. He succeeds Mathìas Tarnopolsky, now president and CEO of the NY Phil, and with whom Fleur … » Read

Leadership changes are underway at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music and the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami. In Los Angeles, Michael Beckerman has been named as the new dean of the Herb Alpert School as of Oct. 1. He arrives … » Read

In 2012 three Romanian art thieves stole seven paintings and drawings signed by Picasso, Matisse, Monet, Gauguin, Lucian Freud, and Meyer de Haan from the Kunsthal Museum in Rotterdam. The three were caught and in 2013 confessed to the theft in a … » Read

Musicalizing difficult subject matter can pose tough challenges. These two recordings are good examples of when composers get it right. Songs in Flight Shawn E. Okpebholo’s Songs in Flight was inspired by Freedom on the Move, a database … » Read

After a year of negotiations aimed at maintaining the Welsh National Opera (WNO) as a full-time company and stopping a proposed 15 percent pay cut to the orchestra, 97 percent of the musicians of the Welsh National Opera (WNO) have voted to … » Read

LOS ANGELES—Carlos Simon’s Good News Mass , a de facto 50-minute symphonic gospel service combining aspects of the Catholic Mass and Pentecostal fervor, had its world premiere at Walt Disney Concert Hall on April 17. A co-commission … » Read