It seems only appropriate that Osmo Vänskä begins his final year as music director of the Minnesota Orchestra with a three-week Sibelius Festival that features all seven of the symphonies as well as two versions of the Violin Concerto … » Read

Orchestras can use a range of strategies to engage Spanish-speaking and other multilingual audiences, including artist and repertoire choices, targeted outreach activities, and multilingual websites. For some, the last of these can be … » Read

Since the annual run of The Nutcracker performances is the key to most ballet companies’ survival, the outlook for going without the Sugar Plum Fairy for two consecutive seasons, or shortening her appearance in one of them anyway, is not … » Read

Berlin-based writer  Olivia Giovetti has put together a remarkable list of classical singers’ Christmas albums and ranked them—no collections or roundups, simply “singer-driven” recordings. She accounts for “85 … » Read

BRUSSELS (AP) — In a setback for the Belgian government, an advisory body on Tuesday suspended a Cabinet-ordered closure of part of the cultural sector — saying that new coronavirus restrictions imposed on theaters are unreasonable. … » Read

The New World Symphony (NWS) will host a week-long, multi-disciplinary festival celebrating the history and influence of the Harlem Renaissance.  I Dream a World: The Harlem Renaissance and Beyond launches February 1 with poet Kevin Young … » Read

The following summarizes a recent article from the Chicago SunTimes . The full, more detailed backstory of Prokofiev's early visits to the U.S. can be in found in When Prokofiev came to Chicago, first published on the Chicago Symphony Orchestra … » Read

MADRID--Cristina Vazquez, a Roma teen who grew up in a Madrid shantytown, never imagined herself playing the violin. But today she is first violinist in an inventive orchestra bringing together two dozen other disadvantaged youths, using … » Read

As the Met Opera soldiers on with its shortened, intermission-less family fare this week, and a few Broadway shows remain open with understudies getting their Big Breaks, neither is imposing limits on audience size—just proof of vaccination … » Read

An unusual alliance between sports and music are harbingers of an economic rebirth for Inglewood, a working-class city three miles from Los Angeles Airport. The 70,000-seat SoFi Stadium, home of the NFL’s Rams and the Chargers, and an … » Read