While the Ukrainian military’s fight against Russian invaders is drawing intense international attention, the country’s musicians are waging a lower profile but nonetheless important battle to strengthen support for their nation. The … » Read

Opera has long been among the most tradition-bound of the performing arts, featuring narratives shaped by mythology, Greek tragedy, Shakespeare, and other historical themes. But now, argues Joshua Kosman in the San Francisco Chronicle , composers … » Read

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Musicians of the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra Association have ratified a collective bargaining agreement calling for minimum salaries to increase by 15.8% over three years--not the 19.6% … » Read

New data from the National Endowment for the Arts reveals that significantly fewer American adults are attending cultural activities such as classical music concerts, theater productions, and movies. One survey found that just 48 percent of … » Read

The appearance of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra this weekend in Carnegie Hall marks the anniversary of an initiative launched 30 years ago in Winston-Salem, N.C. Eager to raise the visibility of Black artists, Juilliard-trained pianist … » Read

The late Walter J. Wolnik was an Amherst, MA, resident who so enjoyed listening to classical music overnight that he bequeathed $3 million to New England Public Media, Classical NEPM. A native of Springfield, MA, Wolnik, who died in September … » Read

The sudden departure of Martyn Brabbins from English National Opera has drawn a sharp reaction from three of the U.K.’s most illustrious music directors. In an Oct. 17 letter in The Times , Sir Antonio Pappano, music director of the Royal … » Read

A recent study of the 11 largest opera companies in the U.S. by two Australian researchers has confirmed what was already known anecdotally—women are grievously underrepresented in opera’s various creative roles. Unequal … » Read

The English National Opera (ENO) has suffered another blow. News in January that Arts Council England had backed off its November 2022 decision to zero out the company’s funding and an unexpected grant to underwrite planning for the … » Read

While several of the major symphony orchestras in the U.S. have recently negotiated new contracts— Boston , San Francisco , Cleveland , and Chicago —the Philadelphia Orchestra remains without a labor agreement since its previous … » Read