The Hartford Symphony Orchestra (HSO) has finished the last three years with operating surpluses. Although the amounts have been modest, they nonetheless represent a step back from the brink of financial disaster for the 75-year-old ensemble, New … » Read

SHANGHAI — On Sunday at the Oriental Art Center, South Korean violinist Won Hyung Joon and North Korean soprano Kim Song Mi offered a joint performance that they hope will bring the Koreas closer amid deadlocked nuclear diplomacy. North … » Read

The uncertainty surrounding Brexit has prompted the Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM) to issue Impact of Brexit on Musicians . More than 10 percent of the 2,000 previously surveyed report that Brexit has already led to the withdrawal or … » Read

There’s good news from Down Under. Opera Australia (OA) finished the 2018 season with a $342,667 (Australian dollars) operating surplus on gross receipts of $115m. This represents a significant turnaround from 2017, when OA had an operating … » Read

The Santa Fe Opera announced its 2020 season today, live-streaming its press conference on Facebook. General Director Robert K. Meya led the proceedings, with Board President Susan G. Marineau on hand, as well as Dramaturg Cori Ellison , and … » Read

MILAN—On Monday, Luca Formenton, head of Italian publisher Saggiatore, stood before a packed conference room to announce the formation of a new orchestra, LaFil. It can hardly be a coincidence that Daniele Gatti, with ample free time on his … » Read

The Lucerne Festival, est. 1938, is making some key changes. As of 2020 it will abolish the offshoots of its annual six-week-long summer festival: the Easter Festival (the last one ran April 6-14) and the Piano Festival (scheduled for November … » Read

Steinway & Sons has unveiled the Lang Lang Black Diamond (LLBD) grand piano, said to be “designed” by its namesake, and sure to be a best seller in his native country, which already accounts for one quarter of Steinway’s … » Read

The increased competition to capture their audiences’ attention has led performing arts organizations to embrace a number of innovative strategies. The Utah Opera is hoping that enlisting a coterie of social media influencers would pique … » Read

As if to complement the Dallas Opera’s annual Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors, the Dallas Symphony has announced the schedule for its inaugural Women in Classical Music Symposium, scheduled for November 6-9, 2019 and … » Read