SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sports, theater and music fans will be able to take their seats again in California as the state’s coronavirus cases plummet and vaccinations jump. After a year-long ban on most indoor seating, the state … » Read

If there is a silver lining to the shuttering of live classical music it is the explosion of streaming. Over the past year, concerts and artists otherwise inaccessible to many could be enjoyed in the comfort of one’s home, often for no or … » Read

Depending upon your point of view, the newly announced decision to tack a $1,000 donation on top of subscription fees for nearly 450 of the choicest seats for The Kimmel Center’s Broadway series is either a long-planned strategy to enhance … » 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

This year’s Spoleto Festival USA, the 45 th annual event, will mark General Director Nigel Redden’s last, after 35 years. Running May 28-June 13, it will offer 70 live performances, mostly out of doors, in four different venues, the … » Read

The George Enescu International Festival—Romania’s largest international cultural event—will present 66 concerts between August 28 and September 26, 2021 in the capital city of Bucharest. Over 4,700 artists from around the world … » Read

As Lincoln Center prepares for the launch of  Restart Stages on April 7, today it jointly announces with the New York Philharmonic the updated schedule for the David Geffen Hall renovation . There is much good news, including plans to reopen … » Read

Nearly everyone predicted that Brexit would wreak havoc with UK musicians attempting to perform in Europe after the UK’s break with the EU became a reality on Jan. 31. Just how bad is only now becoming evident, as demonstrated by the … » Read

Seven years ago, cellist Julian Lloyd Webber challenged his former duo partner, the half-Romanian, half-Nigerian pianist Rebeca Omordia to discover African composers of art music. The result is a roster of more than 200, several of whose work has … » Read

With his Los Angeles Philharmonic unable to perform before live audiences, Gustavo Dudamel is plying his trade abroad, most recently in Barcelona. There, on March 27, he made his Spanish opera debut leading an ensemble of 50 musicians and 75 … » Read