Among the 120 performances of the 49th Spoleto Festival USA, May 23 to June 8, are the final two recitals of Alisa Weilerstein’s Fragments , a series of six solo performances that pair newly commissioned works with Bach’s cello … » Read

Trump is wasting no time in taking over the Kennedy Center, as threatened . In addition to firing Chairman David M. Rubenstein, who has given $111 million to the Center over time, and installing himself in his place, Trump has removed 18 from the … » Read

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP)—President Donald Trump says he is firing members of the board of trustees for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and naming himself chairman. He also indicated that he would be dictating programming at … » Read

NEW YORK--The 1714 Strad from which the New England Conservatory (NEC) hoped to get up to $18 million at auction has sold for $11.3  million. Monies will go toward scholarship aid. The auction was first announced two months ago. The late … » Read

The leadership triumvirate of the Long Beach Opera is not quite sure who first came up with the idea of a season devoted entirely to the work of the late Pauline Oliveros, a pioneering composer of electronic music. “It’s like it came … » Read

From July 11 to August 17, 2025, the Glimmerglass Festival will celebrate its 50 th anniversary with programs inspired by the theme "The Art of Making Art." The schedule features a July 31 concert performance by Broadway legend Bernadette Peters; … » Read

The last week of January several hundred people attended a  concert by Syria’s national symphony orchestra at the Damascus opera house, the first such event since the Dec. 8 ouster of Bashar al-Assad. "We are here and able to produce … » Read

Cardiff University, the largest higher education institution in Wales, is planning to cut 400 members of the academic staff and eliminate several programs, including nursing and music. “It is no longer an option for us to continue as we … » Read

As the Atlanta Opera prepares for its 46 th season, it is clearly on a roll. This past November it announced a $27.5 million gift from The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation to create the Molly Blank Center for Opera, a complex that includes a … » Read

For the second season in a row, the San Francisco Opera (SFO) will be presenting six full opera productions, rather than its customary eight, as well as several single concerts. “We are still in the world of two realities, with great … » Read