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

For the first time in half a century the Cincinnati Opera is returning to the out-of-doors for its summer festival. The company will present three perennial favorites— Carmen , Tosca , and The Barber of Seville —as well as a concert … » Read

Carnegie Hall has announced plans for its first-ever digital festival. “Voices of Hope,” originally scheduled to run in-person from March through May, is to move online with plans for more than 100 mostly free events, from April … » Read

HONG KONG (AP) — Decisions in Hong Kong not to display a politically sensitive photograph in a museum exhibition and not broadcast the annual Academy Awards for the first time in decades have prompted concerns that Beijing’s crackdown … » Read

The lag time in remote ensemble performances has been a major challenge throughout the pandemic. The San Francisco Opera (SFO) is experimenting with a new software designed to keep musicians in sync. Aloha by Elk, currently in beta testing, uses … » Read