As predicted, Arts Council England today announced huge cuts to London arts organizations, part of the government’s initiative to move funding away from the capitol city and into outer boroughs. The highest profile company to be hit is the … » Read

This past summer’s nine-city European tour by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) provided the ensemble with a once-in-a-decade opportunity to score points with two state legislators. At an estimated cost of $15,000, the PSO underwrote … » Read

A recent tour to Asia by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra included eight concerts. Only the two in Seoul on November 3 and 4 were announced to the public by the orchestra. The others—two in Hong Kong on October 24 and 25 and four in Taiwan … » Read

For a musician, the loss of their instrument can be devastating. Nicole Boyesen, a double bassist with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, still finds the experience “heartbreaking” 42 years after her instrument went missing while she … » Read

If constant reminders that women are grossly underrepresented in the classical music world had the ability to remedy the problem, gender inequities would have disappeared some time ago. But identifying a problem is not the same thing as solving … » Read

In its official U.K. premiere staging, the Scottish Opera’s new production of Ainadamar by composer Osvaldo Golijov and librettist David Henry Hwang has met with a rapturous reception. Following its Glasgow premiere on Oct. 29, a critic for … » Read

European string quartets with members under age 35 have until December 15 to apply for inclusion in the new promotion/distribution outlet that calls itself MERITA . (The name stands for “where chamber M usic, cultural h ERI tage and TA lent … » Read

Over four centuries ago the English playwright and poet William Congreves wrote, “Music has charms to soothe a savage breast.” In our post-pandemic time, many U.S. teachers are turning to music to help alleviate the depression and … » Read

G. Schirmer and the Exilarte Center for Banned Music in Vienna are partnering to make available more than 400 works banned by the Nazis during the 1930s and 1940s. Over 300 songs, 100 chamber music works, 50 orchestral works, several vocal and … » Read

London’s Chineke! Orchestra, the first majority Black and ethnically diverse orchestra in Europe, made a notable debut in 2017 at the BBC Proms and two years later received the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Gamechanger Award. A recent … » Read