The New York Philharmonic’s first live performances for audiences in over a year will take place not with their music director on the podium but with musicians' favorite Esa-Pekka Salonen leading small-ensembles. Repertoire is Arvo … » Read

Silkroad, founded by cellist Yo-Yo Ma 21 years ago, has received a $3mn “transformational” grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Artistic Director Rhiannon Giddens called the monies “hugely meaningful at a time during … » Read

China removed restrictions on hall capacity on March 15 th ,  thus paving the way for performance venues to sell all seats.  Guidelines issued by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism indicate that local authorities, and the venues … » Read

Mills College, home to the Center for Contemporary Music, alma mater to Steve Reich, Dave Brubeck, and Laurie Anderson, creative home to John Cage, Pauline Oliveros, Anthony Braxton, and other contemporary composer icons, has announced that it … » Read

Opera Philadelphia will offer its first performances for live audiences since February 2020 with a 90-minute adaptation of Tosca, presented with orchestra and chorus and marking the company's debut at the Mann Center in Philadelphia. The event, … » Read

Well before the onset of the pandemic, the opera industry was in trouble. The large opera companies, notes one thoughtful observer, “are tied to a 19th-century business model that is difficult to sustain. The size of the operation has not … » Read

After more than 60 years, the Academy Anniversary Concert and Ball, the annual fundraising tribute to Philadelphia’s Academy of Music, is going on hiatus. Ironically the cause is not the pandemic: the decision to suspend the event was made … » Read

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The Tulsa Opera has canceled a piece written for a concert on the city’s 1921 race massacre after the composer of one of four pieces for the event refused a request to remove a curse on America from the piece. In … » Read

We will be updating this list weekly. Please note that all times are given in U.S. Eastern Time (ET). To calculate in other time zones or counties, British Summer Time (BST) is currently five hours ahead of ET and Central European Time (CET) is … » Read

The Coronavirus is surging again in Germany, with a reported 15,000 new cases in the last several days. The Berlin Philharmonic was nonetheless permitted to perform Saturday night a “test” concert before about 1,000 visitors—40 … » Read