For anyone who grew up playing the piano only to lose the habit and the discipline (not to mention the technique) as the years passed by, a wonderfully convincing article in the Atlanti c bears the directive, and the title, “Go Ahead, Buy a … » Read

“Reunited in Dance” will bring together an international roster of ballet stars on Nov. 12, 2022, for a one-time performance at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa, CA. Possessing ties to Ukraine and … » Read

With masking no longer required in much of New York City, including Broadway theaters and schools, venues historically associated with the classical performing arts—Koch Theater at Lincoln Center along with the Met Opera, the Film Society, … » Read

A public meeting of the Bexar County Commissioners Court on Oct. 11 produced a heated debate about a proposal to provide $300,000 in funding for San Antonio’s so-called Classical Music Institution, which would fund an orchestra for the … » Read

In the motion picture Tár , Cate Blanchett’s star turn as the eponymous maestra Lydia Tár, director Todd Field explores power and prestige, gender, and betrayal using the worlds of Beethoven, Bach, Mahler, et al. to provide … » Read

In November California voters will have the chance to increase arts funding for public schools by voting to adopt Proposition 28. Approval of the ballot initiative would secure guaranteed annual funding of about $1 billion for music, dance, … » Read

Cate Blanchett has heard the line before. “I wrote this part for you” is a director-actor pickup line, she said. It is not usually to be believed. But what she didn’t know when Todd Field sent her his script for   … » Read

The Bolshoi Theater has suspended ten leading dancers from upcoming performances in Moscow for their unauthorized participation in a gala in Tashkent for the Foundation for the Development of Culture and Art of Uzbekistan. The dancers suspended … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — Forced from their offices early in the pandemic, key leaders of the New York Philharmonic and Lincoln Center met in July 2020 under the trees of the venue’s Capital Grove patio to try to finally solve a decades-long … » Read

On Oct. 6, everything was in place for the San Francisco Symphony’s concert for the opening of the 20 th season at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts at UC Davis save one essential element—instruments. With more than 1,100 … » Read