Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, and the Los Angeles Music Center have cancelled activities for all of their venues through the end of March. Broadway shows are dark though April 12. As of this writing, virtually all U.S. orchestras and opera … » Read

For those feeling live-concert withdrawal, there are at-home streaming and video options to be found. We will be updating the list as additions arrive. March 13 8pm CT: Juanjo Mena conducts the Minnesota Orchestra with pianist Kirill Gerstein at … » Read

The classical music industry is facing one of the most challenging times it has known, teetering into the coronavirus-crisis hurricane with no sense of how long before it blows itself out. Even prior to today’s avalanche of concert … » Read

March 12, 2020 has to have been the grimmest day for the arts in living memory. One by one, the metaphoric cultural lights went out in city after city across the U.S. In New York, first Carnegie Hall went dark, then Lincoln Center, then the whole … » Read

The Rotterdam Philharmonic’s U.S. tour, scheduled to start this weekend at Lincoln Center and cover multiple cities through March 26, has been cancelled, due to the White House’s restrictions on travel to the U.S. from Europe. The … » Read

Carnegie Hall will close as of March 13, inclusive of all events, including educational programming. Reopening is projected to be April 1. The New York Philharmonic has also cancelled all events through March 31. The Met Opera has suspended … » Read

As anticipated, the San Francisco Symphony, whose home base at Davies Hall has been shuttered since last week, has cancelled its March 17 and 18 Carnegie Hall performances as well as its entire, 14-performance European tour, March 21-April 7. It … » Read

Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, and the Los Angeles Music Center have cancelled all activities through the end of March. Broadway shows are dark though April 12. The major orchestras of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Detroit, … » Read

Violinist Itzhak Perlman  has cancelled his tour of the U.S., scheduled to start with the Atlanta Symphony tonight and continue with five recitals with pianist Rohan De Silva through March 22. In Atlanta he’s replaced by … » Read

San Francisco Mayor London N. Breed [pictured] has prohibited all gatherings of 1,000 or more, forcing the SF Symphony to cancel more concerts, through March 25. They include performances by the SFS, its Youth Orchestra, and recitals by flutist … » Read