Patrons of the San Antonio Philharmonic, to say nothing of the ensemble’s musicians, must feel as if they are riding a wild roller coaster. A recent report that the orchestra was about to be evicted from its concert venue in the … » Read

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