The Australian arts community is furious at Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s decision to subsume the government’s arts agency, already an add-on to the Department of Communications, into the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, … » Read

Deutsche Welle , the German state-owned international broadcaster, has launched a dedicated classical music YouTube channel, timed to coincide with Beethoven’s 250 th birthday celebrations. Effective immediately, DW Classical Music will … » Read

To hear the leadership of the Minnesota Orchestra (MO) tell it, an $8.8m operating deficit for the 2019 fiscal year, the largest in the organization’s history, is nothing to worry about. President and CEO Michelle Miller Burns characterized … » Read

The Grand Teton Music Festival’s Board of Directors has voted to re-invite Kristen Linfante, Juan de Gomar, and Jennifer Ross, the three musicians it “dis-invited” for their openly expressed disagreements with management. At the … » Read

Here’s a shocker: When asked to name a classical composer they knew, 46 percent of Americans could not come up with a single one, according to a recent survey conducted by polling company YouGov and published by Primephonic . Among … » Read

The proliferation of film streaming services is good news for viewers eager for ever more content. It is not such good news for the musicians who create the soundtracks for movies such as Noelle , Disney Plus’s holiday comedy that went … » Read

Conductor/flutist Ransom Wilson and educator Gregory Robbins are the new director and associate director, respectively, of orchestral programs at California’s Idyllwild Arts Academy. Both are newly created, 12-month appointments. Wilson … » Read

Renovating a building like the Hungarian State Opera House (HSO), which dates from 1884, has a way of costing more and taking longer than originally anticipated. The Neo-Renaissance structure closed 18 months ago, and was scheduled to reopen in … » Read

The New York Philharmonic has unveiled plans for a major renovation, maintaining the outer skeleton of what is currently known as David Geffen Hall, but changing just about everything else, from bathrooms to bass frequencies. The projected cost … » Read

It is no secret that trade and technology wars, human rights violations, and even a tweet by an NBA official have strained relations between the United States and the People’s Republic of China. One area that thus far seems immune to the … » Read