In response to Esa-Pekka Salonen’s pointed, publicly stated rationale for not renewing his contract as music director , the San Francisco Symphony has issued a fairly detailed rationale of its own, explaining the cause and effects of cost … » Read

Last week, Tennessee became the first state to adopt legislation protecting musicians from the unauthorized use of artificial intelligence to impersonate an artist’s voice. The Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act, or ELVIS Act, … » Read

In October the Curtis Institute of Music will launch “Great to Groundbreaking,” its seven-month centennial season featuring more than 150 orchestra, opera, and chamber music concerts highlighting current students as well as … » Read

The University of Kent—a vast, multi-campus, 20-college research university headquartered in Canterbury, U.K. with a student enrollment of 12,000 full-time, 6,200 part-time, and 600 academic and research staff—has decided to … » Read

ROME (AP) — Italy on Sunday marked the 80th anniversary of one of the most horrific World War II massacres in German-occupied Italy with solemn commemorations and a performance of a symphony honoring the dead. Riccardo Muti was conducting … » Read

Subscription sales by performing arts organizations had been on the skids for years before the pandemic acted as an accelerant.  They are no longer a major revenue source. Gone are the days when arts groups could rely on subscriptions to … » Read

Toronto’s classical music world is in the midst of a generational shift. Peter Simon, president of the Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) since 1991, will step aside at the end of August 2024 , and is already working with his successor, … » Read

Wayne Shorter, the legendary composer and jazz saxophonist, completed his last composition—the opera ...(Iphigenia) —in 2021, reliant on a team of artists who worked with him to see the work through to its premiere in California in … » Read

Franco Zeffirelli's 1987 staging of Turandot is the Metropolitan Opera’s most lavish production, with an imperial throne, glittery costumes, and 199 people onstage at one time. Last night, however, it was reduced to minimum proportions, … » Read

Four operas and six dance programs will comprise the Detroit Opera’s 2024-25 season. The former include Verdi’s La Traviata , Handel’s Rinaldo , Mozart’s Così fan tutte , and Anthony Davis’s The Central Park … » Read