Esa-Pekka Salonen will have to wait a few more months to start his tenure as music director of the San Francisco Symphony. On a day rife with fall season cancellations, SFS has joined the crowd, bringing the virtual curtain down on the rest of … » Read

The coronavirus pandemic has cut a wide swathe through the classical music world, threatening financial collapse for every type of musical organization, from major opera houses and symphony orchestras to string quartets. One segment especially … » Read

Following its neighbors at the Met Opera and New York Philharmonic, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS) has cancelled its fall 2020 season, choosing to label it as “postponed to fall 2021." Asked about when the season might … » Read

Coping with the impact of Covid-19, the Boston Symphony has announced “Tanglewood 2020 Online Festival,” a vast array of newly recorded and archival performances to be streamed from its website between July 3 to August 23. Many of the … » Read

In response to the devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in the southwestern U.S., the ETHEL string quartet is planning an online premiere of Strings on the Rez on June 21 to benefit the Navajo-Hopi COVID-19 Relief Fund. The Navajo Nation … » Read

CHICAGO—Count Lyric Opera of Chicago among American arts organizations cancelling fall seasons due to worries over the Covid-19 virus. Lyric is dropping the first four productions of its 66 th season, which was scheduled to open Sept. 17. … » Read

The San Francisco Opera, shuttered since March due to the pandemic, has joined the major companies of New York and Chicago and cancelled its Fall 2020 season. When it finally reopens in April 2021 for its scheduled three-week spring season, it … » 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

Every day seems to add to the list of musical organizations devastated by the coronavirus pandemic. Two of the latest casualties are the Banff Center for Arts and Creativity and the Houston Symphony. On June 11 the Banff Center, in business since … » Read

On June 12 the Houston Symphony announced an $11mn budget cut and staff layoffs in response to deficits resulting from the coronavirus. This blow comes less than three years after the devastation caused by flooding from Hurricane Harvey in August … » Read