The Rise Diversity Project aims to remedy one of the biggest shortcomings in the pool of classically trained American musicians—the relative absence of individuals from Black, Latinx, and Asian communities. Conceived and organized by … » Read

The Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn Roe v Wade will lend the San Francisco Opera’s June 2023 presentation of R. Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten ( The Woman Without a Shadow ) an unwelcome immediacy. At the … » Read

The Mzansi National Philharmonic Orchestra (MNPO), a newly created national orchestra in South Africa, is scheduled to give its debut performance in late July amid criticism that it costs too much and is unnecessary. The MNPO is the brainchild of … » Read

After two years of online music in deference to the pandemic, the 60-year-old Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music is returning to live performance, July 24-August 7, with a season of orchestral music touching on social, political, and … » Read

Let the Music Move—A New Deal for Touring , a report published on July 18 by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Music (APPG), offers a series of recommendations to address the "mountain of red tape and extra costs that musicians and crew … » Read

The Gogol Center, the daring and often controversial theater revivified by the film and theater director Kirill Serebrennikov, is no more. On June 29, the Moscow Department of Culture announced that the contracts for artistic director and … » Read

The Met Opera may not be offering its free streams anymore, but for those willing to contend with the elements, it will screen free HD encore performances August 27-September 5 in Lincoln Center Plaza. First up, though, on August 26,is Steven … » Read

The six finalists in the third Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition will be competing online rather than in live performances. The cause—ongoing concerns about the pandemic—has already wreaked havoc with the event, … » Read

On July 19 the Maene-Viñoly Concert Grand Piano will make its public debut at the Verbier Festival in a performance by pianist Kirill Gerstein. The first-of-its-kind instrument is the creation of the piano maker Chris Maene and the … » Read

Rejection is a part of life for a classical musician, so when Jeri Lynne Johnson  failed to get a job as the conductor for a regional orchestra 17 years ago, she was ready to take the setback in stride. Until she discovered the reason. A … » Read