On May 18, British Prime Minister Kier Starmer, Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, and Antonio Costa, president of the European Council, held a long-anticipated meeting in London to reset U.K.-E.U. relations in the … » Read

For the nine months from September 2025 to May 2026, the Balourdet Quartet will serve as the first-ever string quartet in residence for the Seattle Chamber Music Society (SCMS). The four members—violinists Angela Bae and Justin DeFilippis, … » Read

In 2025-26, noted presenter Washington Performing Arts (WPA) will avoid Kennedy Center, one of its longtime venues for classical music and other performances. WPA instead will spread its 60 th - anniversary offerings across a range of area halls, … » Read

The Metropolitan Opera increasingly relies on co-productions as a means to cut costs and, in most cases, give new stagings an “out of town tryout” before coming to the Met. The current season’s John Adams’s Antony and … » Read

When the National Endowment of the Arts withdrew a $25,000 grant awarded to support the Virginia Opera’s world premiere of Loving v. Virginia , by composer Damien Geter and librettist Jessica Murphy Moo, a chorus member in the production, … » Read

Once upon a time, Republicans embraced private giving as a way to replace government assistance. In 1988, George H. W. Bush put forth the idea of “a thousand points of light” in his acceptance speech as the Republican nominee for … » Read

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AMSTERDAM (AP) — When Klaus Mäkelä climbed the Concertgebouw podium and turned to the audience at the orchestra’s third Gustav Mahler Festival in 105 years, the conductor could see the writing on the wall. Facing him was … » Read

Lincoln Center is planning a $335 million makeover of its west edge, which for six decades has presented a fortress-like wall to its Amsterdam Avenue neighbors, including the Amsterdam Houses, a 1947 public housing project; LaGuardia High School; … » Read

This year marks the 60 th and, if the Trump administration has its way, the last anniversaries of the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities (NEA and NEH). The two agencies, along with the Institute for Museum and Library Services … » Read