The numbers are stark: In 2016-2017, just 1.3 percent of the works performed by the 85 largest symphony orchestras in the U.S. were composed by women. To begin to address this imbalance, Temple University graduate Erin Busch, a 27-year-old … » Read

Almost 75 years ago a group of scientists working in a secret laboratory under the direction of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and Army Gen. Leslie Groves successfully created the world’s first atomic weapon. From July 14 through Aug. 16 … » Read

Quebec stage director Robert Lepage has spoken out forcefully against the cancellation of SLAV by the Montreal International Jazz Festival, telling the Toronto Star the decision was “a direct blow to artistic freedom.” Billed as … » Read

MILAN--Two Italian daily newspapers have attacked La Scala's loggionisti, the feared opera fans that inhabit the theater's highest gallery, saying that “booing terrorism” is leaving foreign audience members shocked and making singers … » Read

It has been reported that the newly formed Star Philharmonic Orchestra’s inaugural concert on July 3 was abruptly cancelled because it had too many foreign musicians in it to receive state support. That is what the orchestra’s owner, … » Read

Ireland’s National Symphony Orchestra, est. 1948, will be moved out from under RTÉ, the country’s national TV and radio broadcaster, and to the National Concert Hall (NCH). The broadcaster had been concerned about upcoming cuts … » Read