The Martha Graham Dance Company will skip the Kennedy Center on its centennial tour of the U.S. The company was booked for four performances in the Eisenhower Theater, April 2-4. “The Martha Graham Dance Company regrets that we are unable … » Read

“Let Freedom Ring,” an annual concert that has celebrated the life of Martin Luther King Jr. for more than 20 years at The Kennedy Center, is relocating to the Howard Theater. Georgetown University, which produces the event, cited the … » Read

Bandcamp, the 18-year-old American online music distribution platform that enables independent artists to sell directly to fans, is banning any music or audio "wholly or in substantial part" made by generative artificial intelligence (aka … » Read

As of Jan. 19, John Thiessen is the new executive director of The American Classical Orchestra (ACO), the New York City-based period instrument orchestra. He succeeds David Larkin, in the post for the past six years. Thiessen brings a rare … » Read

LONDON (AP) — There’s a new generation this season at the Royal Opera in London, where Jakub Hruša took over after Antonio Pappano’s 22-year reign as music director, and Speranza Scappucci became the first principal guest … » Read

LONDON--Hot on the heels of Katie Mitchell’s interventionist take on Janácek’s The Makropulos Case for the Royal Ballet and Opera, audiences were treated to a January 13 concert performance at the Barbican Centre. Part of the … » Read

In recent years Samuel Barber’s Vanessa has been enjoying a renascence. Premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in 1958, the opera won a Pulitzer Prize for Music that year and was also performed at the Salzburg Festival. But by the 1960s, the … » Read

Good news in the universe of American arts and culture has been in short supply during the current administration, but Jan. 8 brought some when the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly in support of several funding measures. The National … » Read

Taiwanese conductor Chi-Yuan Lin, currently enrolled in the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Ryan Opera Center, has been chosen as recipient of the 2026-28 Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship (TACF), which includes $30,000 and coaching from industry … » Read

As of today, the Iceland Opera, re-established in July as part of the country’s National Theater, welcomes its new chief in Finnur Bjarnason , announced earlier this week by the Minister of Culture to a five-year term. A tenor of … » Read