Choosing exceptional women as its two Perspectives artists and single Creative Chair occupant, Carnegie Hall has declared itself in 2022-23 focused on “contributions made by women,” be they composers, conductors, or performers. … » Read

The Metropolitan Opera and the Polish National Opera have announced the formation and tour of the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, comprised of recent refugees, Ukrainian members of European orchestras, and top musicians of Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, … » Read

It was just one of a multitude of automobile ads on Canadian television, but it got Ken MacLeod’s goat. The commercial for Nissan Infiniti features close-ups of an SUV in the middle of a concert hall, where a youth orchestra is performing a … » Read

Harmony: A New Musical captures the story of the Comedian Harmonists, a highly successful male sextet in Weimar Germany composed of three Jewish and three Gentile members. From 1928 until 1935, when the Nazi regime forbade fraternization between … » Read

WARSAW (AFP) – Ahead of their first concert since the start of Russia's invasion, members of the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra voice hope that their music will heal troubled souls and help boost Ukrainian culture. Some of the orchestra's … » Read

In an action he later likened to an “absurdist play,” Russian pianist Alexei Lubimov had his concert at a central Moscow venue interrupted by police officers who ordered the hall cleared due to a supposed bomb threat. In his first … » Read

In his new book, The War on Music: Reclaiming the Twentieth Century , conductor John Mauceri suggests that classical music has been one of World War II’s overlooked casualties. Focusing his attention on four men—Paul Hindemith, Arnold … » Read

The Boston Symphony Orchestra’s 2022-23 season takes aim at relevance and reckoning, its programming rich in new and/or monumental works (Shostakovich’s Babi Yar , the overture and third act of Tannhäuser ), and focused … » Read

The 2022–23 season of Cal Performances will feature more than 70 live music, dance, and theater performances. Capturing special attention during the year will be three co-commissions, 20 premieres, and multiple artist debuts. The third … » Read

The admonition “Never again” has served as a powerful reminder of the evils perpetrated during the Holocaust. But as time passes and remembrances of the horrors of World War II grow fainter, the need to remind people becomes greater … » Read