After its world premiere on Christmas Eve 170 years ago, one listener characterized the new symphony as “hardly a composition to be gravely criticized like an earnest work of Art.” And the work fared no better more than a century … » Read

Not for the first time the English National Opera (ENO) Chorus members are planning to vote on whether to strike, with the balloting scheduled for early next month. As always, the action would be in protest to cuts to pay and/or in numbers of … » Read

Music & Event Management Inc. (MEMI), a subsidiary of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO), has acquired Cincinnati’s Coney Island amusement park with the intention of investing $118 million to create a performance venue with … » Read

The implementation of an upcoming ivory ban is about to make life a little more complicated for string playing in Canada. Beginning on January 8, 2024, new legislation will severely restrict the trade and transport of elephant ivory and … » Read

New productions of Mieczyslaw Weinberg’s Der Idiot and Sergei Prokofiev’s The Gambler will highlight next summer’s Salzburg Festival. The festival will include 172 performances from July 19 to Aug. 31 plus 33 youth programs, … » Read

This past September Noonoouri’s debut track “Dominoes” captured more than 200,000 YouTube views and nearly half a million streams on Spotify. Not bad for an “artist” whose voice is digitally generated. Such success … » Read

The classical radio station with the nation’s largest audience was born in in 1946, when a wealthy alumnus paid for a 250-foot radio tower on the campus of the University of Southern California (USC). Today, KUSC is the centerpiece of … » Read

During the pandemic, the federal government provided an unprecedented level of support for arts, culture, and entertainment. Of the $4.6 trillion allotted to federal relief, $53 billion went to arts and entertainment, an amount greater than 24 … » Read

Julia Perry, the first Black female composer to have a work performed by the New York Philharmonic, died in obscurity 14 years later in 1979. Nearly 60 years after that auspicious debut, Perry is again having her moment in the sun, first with the … » Read

David Hill [left], a leader of renowned choirs in both the U.S. and Great Britain, is sounding the alarm about the future of the 800-year-old British choral tradition. “This fantastic tradition is on the cusp of losing its … » Read