Beginning in October 2022 and extending through June 2023, the Washington Performing Arts next season will explore the theme of The World in Our City . With more than 150 embassies and diplomatic representatives in the city, noted President & … » Read

Barring a last-minute resolution, this weeks rounds of the 2022 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, which are performed with the Fort Worth Symphony, will not be broadcast on Dallas’s classical radio station, WRR-FM. The local … » Read

Musicians of the New York Philharmonic have been made whole again, following understandable reductions to their salaries during the pandemic's 18 months of concert cancellations. Base pay will return to $2,952 per week, as it was in the 2019-2020 … » Read

As an exhausting season came to an end on June 10, the Metropolitan Opera could claim a very rare measure of success—not a single one of its nearly 200 performances was cancelled amid the ongoing turmoil resulting from the coronavirus … » Read

How important is eye contact among musicians? For conductor Leonard Slatkin, eyes work where words fail. “The most expressive tool we have is our eyes.” While most musicians agree, they also acknowledge that not all eye contact is … » Read

Brown University has named its new performing arts center, scheduled to open in fall 2023, in honor of Frayda B. Lindemann, a trustee of the university and the president and CEO of the board of directors at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and … » Read

Arts presenters throughout Iowa are trying to build a new normal, putting into effect what they learned during the pandemic. At the same time, they remain wary of completely relaxing the public health measures that were de rigueur for nearly two … » Read

The Florida Division of Cultural Affairs will be disbursing grants totaling $59 million to 556 organizations, a figure that more than doubles last year’s $26.7 million grant pool. “I think the arts and cultural field is doing a great … » Read

The July auction of the “Hellier” Stradivarius at Christies’s London is projected to bring as much as $11.3 million. Made in 1679 by the Italian violin maker Antonio Stradivari, the instrument is one of his earlier instruments … » Read

Not for the first time, a cell phone interrupted a key moment at La Scala yesterday. Last night during a performance of the “Patria oppressa” chorus from Macbeth, Riccardo Chailly stopped the entire Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and … » Read