The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) has cancelled a performance of works by Mozart and Brahms by the Australian-British pianist Jayson Gillham [pictured], scheduled for Aug. 15, due to “a series of introductory remarks” he made at … » Read

The Glimmerglass Festival’s 50 th -anniversary season, scheduled to run from July 11 through August 17, 2025, will offer a world premiere, two house premieres, and a revival of Francesca Zambello’s production of Odyssey , the … » Read

The Colburn School has received a $16.6 million gift from the Chicago-based Negaunee Foundation to endow in perpetuity the Conservatory of Music’s Negaunee Conducting Program, led by composer and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen. The program was … » Read

The LOUD Weekend has been the culminating event of the Bang on a Can (BOAC) Summer Music Festival for the past 22 years. Based at MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA., the three-week professional development program gathers 40 young musicians and five … » Read

Before the end of apartheid in 1994, opera in South African was largely a niche performing art for white audiences, with white singers brought in from abroad. Now black casts perform European classics in a distinctive manner that resonates with … » Read

A new report issued by the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council (GPAC) has re-examined the distribution of arts funding among racial groups in the region. GPAC’s 2018 report, “Racial Equity and Arts Funding in Greater Pittsburgh,” … » Read

The Florida Orchestra has been a nomad for its 56-year existence, occupying inadequate office space in St. Petersburg and spreading its seven-month season of concerts among the Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg, Tampa’s Straz Center for … » Read

Apple Music Classical is introducing a weekly Classical Top 100 chart that will factor in streams on Classical and Apple Music proper, iTunes, song sales, and Shazam tags (an app that enables the listener to identify a musical selection on the … » Read

The management and musicians of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) have reached a new five-year labor agreement, to take effect on Sept. 9, which offers competitive salary increases, flexible scheduling, and new audition and tenure policies. … » Read

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s veto of a $32 million grant program of the state’s Division of Arts and Culture is forcing the state’s arts organizations to think outside the box as they seek to recoup the lost public funding. … » Read