In another chapter of its laudable support of the musical arts, the Swiss watch manufacturer Rolex has sponsored three Rolex Perpetual Music concerts. “Our aim,” Arnaud Boetsch, Rolex Director of Communication & Image, told … » Read

After a six-month absence, live music will be returning to London’s Southbank Center in the Royal Festival Hall. “My heart is singing,” Gillian Moore, the Center’s director of music, tells The Guardian . “It has been … » Read

Like most arts groups, the Pittsburgh Symphony has taken a huge financial hit, laid still by the pandemic. About 75 percent of its staff have taken pay cuts, and yesterday the orchestra said 30 percent will either be moved to part-time status, … » Read

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is partnering with the Intercultural Leadership Institute (ILI) to devote $5mn to a new Covid-19 Crisis Relief Grant Fund. Awards of between $1,000 to $20,000 to as many as 1,500 U.S. artists and arts organizations … » Read

On a late August afternoon in Milwaukee, Dayvin Hallmon and Alida LaCosse stand outside the city’s newly christened Bradley Symphony Center leading "No Justice For Elijah! End Racism In Milwaukee's Music Community," a two-day memorial and … » Read

The old adage, “When the going gets tough, the tough get going” can surely be applied to the way performing arts groups are dealing with the Covid-19 crisis. From drive-in theaters to baseball fields to church courtyards to … » Read

HELSINKI (AP) — After being forced to cancel all its spring season performances due to the coronavirus outbreak, Finland's National Opera is opening this fall with a Mozart opera with a topical twist: a story line that reflects on the … » Read

The Sarasota (FL) Orchestra, which, at 70 seasons lays claim to being Florida’s oldest, has cancelled its 2020-21 season, or rather “postponed” it to 2021-22. The orchestra, which normally performs about 125 classical, pops, and … » Read

As orchestras across Europe slowly return, however cautiously, to the concert hall, their American counterparts are still largely absent. This country’s inability to bring the coronavirus pandemic to heel has largely silenced ensembles such … » Read

Forced by the circumstances, the 100 th -anniversary edition of the Salzburg Festival revised its offerings and redefined the audience experience. Gone were receptions, intermissions, and champagne bars. Venues and times were staggered to prevent … » Read