WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department touted a tentative settlement of its antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaste r and parent company Live Nation Entertainment on Monday as a victory for consumers that would end an illegal monopoly over … » Read

Temple University’s $18 million purchase of Terra Hall in central Philadelphia’s arts district may save Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts (POEA) around $100 million and provide a major new arts education resource for … » Read

Harvey Kertzman has sold gas at his independently-owned gas station Quincy (MA) Gas since 1978, and regularly attempts to make a customer’s experience special. He gives out free bottled water—“Not the small bottles. Pure 100 … » Read

Concerned about the lack of technical knowledge with regard to optimizing concert grand pianos' performance standards, the DR Koncerthuset (Copenhagen Concert Hall) will launch an intense 17-month training program in September, involving two … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — When Gustavo Dudamel first walked into the New York Philharmonic music director’s office, he noticed black-and-white photos that included Leonard Bernstein, Gustav Mahler, and Willem Mengelberg. Ready to succeed them … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — In his book on reinventing opera, director Yuval Sharon describes Tristan und Isolde as “the single hardest work in the traditional repertoire to stage.” Yet here he is, about to make his Metropolitan Opera debut … » Read

Between its designate and emeritus-for-life music directors, the Chicago Symphony has carved out a mostly want-to-be-there 2026-27 season. The former, Klaus Mäkelä, spends five subscription weeks on the podium plus an eight-city … » Read

Domingo Hindoyan will oversee his inaugural, 2026-27 season as music director of the LA Opera, conducting two of the five mainstage offerings at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. (Each mainstage opera has a six-performance run.) The schedule also … » Read

The 2026-27 season for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra (DSO), the seventh for Fabio Luisi as music director, features one-night appearances by Lang Lang, Yo-Yo Ma, organist Anna Lapwood, and Broadway star Idina Menzel; a first-time ever performance … » Read

The new symphony by Philip Glass, originally scheduled to have its first hearing with the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) in June, will instead premiere with a performance by the Boston Symphony Orchestra on July 5 as part of a four-day … » Read