Some 36 years after its founding, the last 30 of them with the same personnel, the Orion String Quartet will retire at the close of the 2023-24 season with a concert at the Chamber Music Society (CMS) of Lincoln Center. The news arrives slightly … » Read

The Salzburg Festival has announced plans for its 2023 six-week, midsummer calendar of more than 200 performances of operas, spoken drama, orchestra concerts, and recitals. The program has been constructed, explains Markus Hinterhäuser, the … » Read

The gloom and doom that is currently pervading much of the opera world has failed to reach Canadian shores, where the Canadian Opera Company reported an average mainstage attendance rate of 94 percent for the 2021-22 season. “I … » Read

A strike by untenured adjunct faculty and lecturers , who comprise almost 90 percent of the instructional staff at the New School, including Mannes, ended on Dec. 10. The ACT-UAW Local 7902 reached a tentative agreement that will provide … » Read

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Fort Wayne Philharmonic musicians have begun their first strike in the organization’s history after performing for more than three months without a contract. The Fort Wayne Philharmonic Players’ … » Read

In November the Paris Opera launched "L'Opéra en Guyane" (Opera in Guiana), an outreach program intended to familiarize people living on an island off the coast of South America with opera and ballet. "It's all part of the idea to build … » Read

The shuttering of the Philly Pops, a casualty of the pandemic, has both immediate and long-term ramifications. The city’s concert calendar has suddenly lost 40 events, which translates to fewer visitors spending time and money downtown, and … » Read

San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) has purchased international artist management firm Askonas Holt, which has a roster ranging from Simon Rattle to Julia Bullock and, with offices in London and Berlin, oversees the careers of literally … » Read

The Philadelphia Orchestra and the iSING! Suzhou International Young Artists Festival will present two concerts on January 6 and 7, one in Philadelphia at Verizon Hall and one in New York at Alice Tully Hall. A coproduction with the Suzhou … » Read

Writing in The Guardian, Oleksandr Tkachenko, Ukraine’s minister of culture, has urged western allies to boycott Russian culture by  halting performances of the music of Tchaikovsky and other Russian composers until the end of the war. … » Read