The National Youth Opera Academy (NYOA) will collaborate with the Young Voices of the Santa Fe Opera from July 29 to August 8, 2026 in a first-of-its-kind intensive summer program for aspiring high school vocalists. Under the direction of … » Read

The League of American Orchestras has announced a partnership with the recently formed Ibero-American Network of Symphony Orchestras (RIOS), a 60-orchestra network comprised of ensembles from North, Central, and South America, and the Iberian … » Read

Beginning in June 2028 London’s Barbican Center will close its doors for a year-long renovation. The arts center’s theater, concert hall, nature conservatory, and visual arts galleries will be shuttered, with only the cinema remaining … » Read

Acoustics Space, a South Korean acoustic engineering and audiovisual company, has acquired Symphony.live, an Amsterdam-based streaming platform dedicated to high-quality symphonic music. The strategic acquisition combines Symphony.live’s … » Read

The Music Academy of the West’s plan to transform a downtown Santa Barbara building into a music center recently met with great enthusiasm from the city’s Historical Landmarks Commission. The three-story former Forever 21 building, … » Read

The Orchestre des Pays de Savoie, created in 1984, is a professional chamber orchestra based in Chambéry and Annecy in the Rhône-Alpes region of France. It’s an ensemble of 23 permanent players (19 strings, 2 oboes, 2 horns), … » Read

How to follow an act as iconic as the Radio City Hall Christmas Spectacular, complete with 36 Rockettes as backward-cascading toy soldiers, 4200-pipe mighty Wurlitzer in full cry, and accompanying orchestra in a … » Read

The architectural firm Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has won the bid to design the new home of the Hamburg State Opera and Hamburg Ballet. Conceived as a landscape of concentric terraces, the new 45,000-square-meter (484,000+ sq. ft.) venue will be … » Read

Dave Stewart, co-founder with Annie Lennox of the Eurythmics [pictured], is making the case that artificial intelligence is an “unstoppable force…. Everybody should be selling or licensing their voice and their skills to these … » Read

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage has named Christina Vassallo as its new executive director, effective January 5, 2026. She follows Paula Marincola, who retired in October after serving as the center’s first director for 17 years. … » Read