The challenges confronting the Metropolitan Opera are scarcely a secret. A shrinking subscriber base, swaths of empty seats for standard repertoire, a stretched donor base, and strait-jacket-like union contracts all pose threats to the long-term … » Read

The League of American Orchestras has announced the creation of the Anne Parsons Leadership Program, a three-year pilot designed to mentor women and non-binary orchestra professionals in their career progression. “Anne Parsons was an … » Read

On Jan. 13, Finnish composer and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen will lead the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra (NOSPR) and soloist Iveta Apkalna in the premiere of his Organ Concerto and the debut of one of the largest organs built in Europe … » Read

Becoming a conductor is an expensive proposition, not least because an aspiring maestro must eventually pay to practice in front of professional musicians. Last June, a small group of them, interested in acquiring conducting skills, gathered in a … » Read

Since 2016 a train linking Berlin to the southwestern city of Wroclaw in Poland has offered more than 80,000 passengers the opportunity to pay only €19 ($20) to encounter writers, musicians, creative artists, a library, and a permanent … » Read

Musicians of the Fort Wayne (IN) Philharmonic, who launched their first strike ever last month , cancelling all holiday concerts, are citing management’s  “belligerence” in putting forward a “best and final” … » Read

The cutbacks to opera companies instituted by Arts Council England in November 2022 have claimed another victim—the touring program that Glyndebourne has offered for over 50 years. Stephen Langridge, the company’s artistic director, … » Read

Since 2017 Matthew Wright and Tim Vincent-Smith have been staging events around Edinburgh in pop-up  Pianodrome venues made entirely from “upcycled” pianos. The initial Pianodrome, located at the Royal Botanic Garden, attracted … » Read

Bachtrack’s 2022 report on live opera, dance, and classical music—culled from its annual international listings of 27,000 concerts—paints, if not a rosy picture, certainly one that shows an industry pulling out of the pandemic. … » Read

Some of the boldest headlines in the performing arts last year were reverberations from Russian’s war on Ukraine. In addition to bombed-out theaters and silenced performances, artists’ careers, in some cases lives, were destroyed or … » Read