Following 17 months of negotiations, the musicians of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement on Oct. 25. The previous contract expired in August 2022; the new agreement, retroactive to Sept. 1, 2023, … » Read

Classical radio stations are facing tough going in many parts of the U.S. But not in Portland, Oregon, where KQAC 89.9 FM, aka All Classical Radio, proudly lays claim to being the number one classical music station in the nation. … » Read

The arrival of Antony and Cleopatra , John Adams’s rendition of Shakespeare’s tale of love, lust, and power, at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona comes on the heels of Spain’s ongoing reckoning with sexism and abuse of … » Read

OPERA AMERICA wants to make it easier for opera fans who like to travel to attend performance throughout the U.S. and Canada. With Opera Passport, subscribers or donors to any one of 85 companies and individual members of OPERA America can … » Read

Capitalizing on their shared music director, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra will together mount a festival honoring the 50 th anniversary of Shostakovich’s death in Leipzig, May 15-June 1, 2025. Andris … » Read

While the Ukrainian military’s fight against Russian invaders is drawing intense international attention, the country’s musicians are waging a lower profile but nonetheless important battle to strengthen support for their nation. The … » Read

Opera has long been among the most tradition-bound of the performing arts, featuring narratives shaped by mythology, Greek tragedy, Shakespeare, and other historical themes. But now, argues Joshua Kosman in the San Francisco Chronicle , composers … » Read

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Musicians of the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra Association have ratified a collective bargaining agreement calling for minimum salaries to increase by 15.8% over three years--not the 19.6% … » Read

New data from the National Endowment for the Arts reveals that significantly fewer American adults are attending cultural activities such as classical music concerts, theater productions, and movies. One survey found that just 48 percent of … » Read

The appearance of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra this weekend in Carnegie Hall marks the anniversary of an initiative launched 30 years ago in Winston-Salem, N.C. Eager to raise the visibility of Black artists, Juilliard-trained pianist … » Read