The Detroit Symphony has optimistically announced a fully live season for 2021-22, marking the first complete one for Jader Bignamini, its music director since January 2020. In doing so, the DSO is way ahead of the pack among American orchestras, … » Read

For more than two decades, James Conlon, LA Opera’s music director, among other considerable credits, has been on a mission with “Recovered Voices,” his project that studies, promotes, and performs composers who were forgotten … » Read

For some groups, turning to the digital universe to reach audiences has been an act of pure audience engagement and development, without much attention to revenue generation. For others, such as the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society (PCMS), the … » 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

China, the first nation to suffer the pandemic, is now well on the way to controlling the virus. As live audiences are beginning to return to the halls, they are encountering a cultural landscape that has undergone considerable change. One of the … » Read

What has proven to be a perfect pairing—young string players from the Heifetz International Music Institute performing for patients from nearby Augusta Health—is the inspiration for HeartStrings, a new partnership that will … » Read

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A new museum two decades in the making is telling the interconnected story of Black musical genres through the lens of American history. The National Museum of African American Music , which opened with a virtual … » Read

The arrival of new leadership often offers the optimal moment for an organization to rebrand itself. The San Francisco Symphony (SFS), which recently saw the retirement of its music director of 25 years, Michael Tilson Thomas, and the employ of … » Read

Between March 13 and the end of November 2020, the Dallas arts organizations lost more than $95mn and wiped out more than 1,000 jobs. The impact on the city’s cultural landscape has been “devastating,” said Jennifer Scripps, … » Read

After being together for 40 years, the players of the Endellion String Quartet—violinists Andrew Watkinson and Ralph de Souza, violist Garfield Jackson, and cellist David Waterman—have decided to disband. The 2019-2020 season was to … » Read