Plans for a new Sarasota Performing Arts Center have run afoul of the grandchildren of Lewis Van Wezel, the primary funder of the 54-year-old Van Wezel Hall. Ironically, their opposition to the plan has put them at odds with the members of the … » Read

“I staged the opera in a slaughterhouse, where animals are locked-up and whose destiny is nothing else but death. The slaughterhouse thus becomes a metaphor for all the prisons and places where humanity has been brutalized and tortured … » Read

The way back from the pandemic has been slow for performing arts venues everywhere, with patrons reluctant to resume attending and ticket sales continuing to evolve from subscriptions to individual ticket sales. After a summer in which ticket … » Read

Research by Help Musicians, an independent charity in the U.K., has found that 67 percent of people in the country “could not live without music” and 45 percent believe it is “part of their DNA.” Ironically, nearly half of … » Read

Among the reasons for the decline in music education, the often-prohibitive cost of musical instruments is near the top of the list. Now the Montreal-based AVIVA Young Artists Program is offering a solution designed to place instruments within … » Read

The past year in classical music has been dominated by the response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “Major institutions,” writes Alex Ross in The New Yorker , “finally began to extricate themselves from the sticky … » Read

Some 450 composers, musicians, educators, and arts leaders have signed a letter to Juilliard calling for the school to take disciplinary action against composer and department chair Robert Beaser for alleged “decades-long abuse of women and … » Read

Research data from Epidemic Sound, a Swedish-based music tech company, has found that classical music is the fastest growing genre on YouTube, jumping by more than 90 percent in the last year across Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, … » Read

The year 2022 was expected to mark a return to life for the classical music world in the U.K. “It was,” opines Ivan Hewett in The Daily Telegraph , “but only up to a point.” Live events have yet to recapture audiences, … » Read

In the wake of the news that the Philly Pops plans to cease operation s, 95 percent of the Pops union musicians voted on Dec. 11 to strike unless the Pops owner Encore Series Inc negotiates in good faith. “There is no reason to stonewall … » Read