Music has long been a means of expressing resistance to political and social oppression. Beethoven knew this, so did Verdi and many other composers. And so, too, does Ahmed Al Abaca, a 38-year-old Black, non-binary composer whose Ode to Liberty … » Read

Composer Tom Coult’s new opera Violet is a work whose animating theme of disappearing time proved emblematic of the pandemic that delayed its opening to this year’s Aldeburgh Festival in June. “I didn’t want an … » Read

The League of American Orchestras has announced the new Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Orchestral Commissions Program. With the foundation’s support, the League will partner with the American Composers Orchestra (ACO) to commission … » Read

On May 21 the National Opera of Ukraine resumed performing in Kyiv, despite the ongoing war with Russia. On offer was Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia , which received a 10-minute standing ovation at the final curtain. The theater, which … » Read

The Cleveland Orchestra (TCO) has announced its 105 th season, Franz Welser-Möst's 21st as music director. It extends from September 2022 to May 2023, with 20 artists making house debuts and 13 works new to TCO’s repertoire, including … » Read

The inclusion of the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant ( SVOG) program in the $900bn pandemic relief package approved by Congress in December 2020 was widely hailed as a lifesaver for performance venues, producers, and talent managers forced to … » Read

For the first time since the coronavirus shuttered the world of classical music, the New York Philharmonic has ventured abroad, performing three concerts between May 20 and May 24 on Germany's Baltic Sea island of Usedom. The occasion celebrates … » Read

WRR, the first licensed broadcast station in Texas and one of the oldest operating radio stations in the country, is about to get new management. Owned and operated, albeit fitfully at times, by the city of Dallas since its founding in 1921 in a … » Read

The city of Prague has named Bjarke Ingels Group, with offices in Copenhagen and New York, as the designer of its new Vltava Philharmonic Hall. An international jury reviewed plans submitted by 19 global architectural firms before reaching a … » Read

Effective immediately, the Stamford (CT) Symphony is the Orchestra Lumos. The 55-year-old orchestra, under Music Director Michael Stern and CEO Russell Jones (former NY Philharmonic marketing exec) is “rebranding” itself in an effort … » Read