The $500 million performing arts center at the World Trade Center is named for Ronald Perelman, but it was former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg who brought the oft-stalled project to its finish, contributing $130 million. Located at 251 … » Read

Thanks to a funding commitment from the Robert K. Johnson Foundation, the Metropolitan Opera’s Saturday Matinee Radio Broadcasts will be on the air until their 100 th anniversary during the 2031-32 season. The live broadcasts, which date … » Read

Portland, Oregon might seem an unlikely spot to find a watering hole bearing the name of Felix Mendelssohn. But the composer would almost certainly approve of Mendelssohn’s, the eponymous bar opened in June 2022 by his direct descendant, … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra will tour for the second straight summer, appearing in eight cities in Europe and Britain in support of the nation’s war effort against Russia. Keri-Lynn Wilson, the Canadian-Ukrainian … » Read

The League of American Orchestras has issued a new report, Diversity in the Orchestra Field 2023. It reveals that, although relative progress has been made during the period from the 2013-14 season to the 2022-23 season, inequities persist in … » Read

Some businesses continue to weaponize classical music, using it to deter loiterers and in at least one case, antagonizing the neighborhood in the process. A resident of a San Francisco apartment building adjacent to a Safeway supermarket reports … » Read

From August 26 to September 4, the Metropolitan Opera’s Summer HD Festival will offer ten free screenings, with 2,500 seats available each evening on the plaza, and no tickets required. There are no rain dates. The annual festival previews … » Read

Milwaukee’s Marcus Performing Arts Center (MPAC) has hired Kevin Giglinto, current senior VP for marketing and strategy at the Kennedy Center, to be its president and CEO, effective in late July. He succeeds  Kendra Whitlock Ingram, in … » Read

A dinner party in Berlin seven years ago led to the design and construction of an unusual piano currently housed at the Kimmel Center. Hosted by the conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim, his tablemates included a second keyboard artist, Martha … » Read

The arc of Paul Montalvo’s career, from San Antonio firefighter in the late 1990s to Classical Music Institute’s (CMI) president and CEO today, is hardly a usual one. But his unwavering commitment over the past 15 years to the … » Read