Video technicians are fast becoming the new MVPs for symphony orchestras. With virtual performances serving as primary vehicles for many ensembles while concert halls are shuttered, audiences attuned to the production values of film and … » Read

At its annual meeting last week, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra announced several major achievements in fiscal 2020, not least of them coming through the COVID-19 pandemic with a budget surplus—the eighth in as many years. Keeping in mind … » Read

Responding to criticism from both internal and external parties , Americans for the Arts (AFTA) has commissioned an independent investigation of its practices in the areas of racial diversity and equity. CEO Robert L. Lynch, who also has been … » Read

By almost every measure, 2020 was not a very good year. For author and New Yorker critic Alex Ross, the past 12 months were “catastrophic” for the performing arts, lending “the annual ritual of cobbling together a list of … » Read

France’s cultural workers are pushing back hard against the government’s continued shutdown of all performance spaces until at least Jan. 7 in an effort to arrest the spread of Covid-19. In June French theaters, cinemas, and other … » Read

Music historian, writer, and activist Robert Jackson Wood has made a compelling case that the classical music industry will never successfully address its historical lack of diversity unless it also grapples with the matter of economic class. … » Read

Last October “Take me out to the ballgame” took on a whole new meaning in baseball-crazed Boston. Instead of the city’s beloved Red Sox, members of another of the city’s iconic teams—the Boston Pops—patrolled … » Read

The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra (OPO) will kick off 2021 with an outdoor concert at Exploria Stadium, home to the city’s two professional soccer teams, on Jan. 9. In her first concert appearance with an orchestra since the pandemic … » 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

BARCELONA, SPAIN — Eager for a live music show after months of social distancing, more than 1,000 Barcelona residents gathered Saturday to participate in a medical study to evaluate the effectiveness of same-day coronavirus screening to … » Read