PARIS, France (AFP) — A French performing artists union announced plans for a strike coinciding with the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris, protesting “outrageous disparities in treatment” among performers recruited … » Read

Brazilian-born conductor Marcelo Lehninger, the new artistic director of the Bellingham (WA) Festival of Music, has exited Opus 3 to join   Kirshbaum Associates for worldwide representation.  He has been music director of the Grand … » Read

According to reports from the National Youth Orchestras of the Netherlands (NJON), the Dutch Fund for Cultural Participation has decided to discontinue funding for the NJON beginning in 2025. The elimination of the annual subsidy will impact not … » Read

DETROIT (AP) — A massive pipe organ that underscored the drama and comedy of silent movies with live music in Detroit’s ornate Hollywood Theatre nearly a century ago was dismantled into thousands of pieces and stashed away. The Barton … » Read

On Friday and Saturday, July 12 and 13, German auto maker BMW joined up with the London Symphony Orchestra and Berlin’s Staatsoper Unter den Linden for a series of open-air concerts that together attracted more than 30,000 music lovers. The … » Read

The festival season in the U.K. presents yet another example of the difficulties visiting artists face when trying to obtain a visa. Tales of program changes necessitated by a scheduled performer’s inability to enter the country are … » Read

One of the several steps the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) is considering to try to right its financial ship is the reduction of the annual budget of its chorus by 80 percent, from $1 million to about $200,000. The choral group is composed of over … » Read

A report by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (NYFED) uncovered alarming news for college students majoring in art history, visual and performing arts, and graphic design. Their employment prospects are bleaker than those of any other student … » Read

On July 9 the U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) issued a ruling that represents a major victory for American songwriters. Beginning Aug. 8, they will be able to collect mechanical royalties generated from streaming platforms—Apple, Spotify, et … » Read

In her first speech as the Labor government’s newly anointed culture secretary, Lisa Nandy issued a call for peace, proclaiming the “era of culture wars is over” and promising that her department will lead the effort to reflect … » Read