If all goes according to plan, the Eastern Music Festival is to make a comeback as the Eastern Festival of Music. An email from Barbara Morgenstern , former wife of EMF founder Shelly Morgenstern and president of a newly formed board of … » Read

The blossoming friendship between FIFA President Gianni Infantino and Donald Trump has resulted in FIFA taking over all of Kennedy Center for the 2026 World Cup Draw, rent-free. Never mind the resident companies' schedules. The Opera House will … » Read

Young Concert Artists hosted its 2025 Winners Concert on November 10 in the Kaplan Penthouse at Lincoln Center. There were just three winners this year, a violinist, piano trio, and a saxophonist who pretty much stole the show, as much for her … » Read

The Metropolitan Opera House will be hosting nine performances of a newly adapted version of Sting’s musical The Last Ship in June 2026. The production features a new book by Barney Norris and new and revised songs by Sting that enhance the … » Read

Chelsea Gallo , resident conductor of the Florida Orchestra (TFO) since 2023, has extended her contract through the 2026-27 season. She annually conducts more than 50 masterworks, pops, education, and community concerts and collaborates closely … » Read

The Montreal-based Azrieli Music, Arts and Culture Center (AMACC) has named four composers—Hana Ajiashvili, Dalit Hadass Warshaw, Nicholas Denton Protsack, and Adrian Mocanu—as the 2026 Azrieli Music Prize (AMP) Laureates. Awarded … » Read

Classical music is becoming increasingly politicized, writes Ivan Hewett in The Telegraph . Despite the pretense that it can be above politics, a recent spate of concert disruptions has been “aimed at forcing the musicians and the audience … » Read

As of this week, Ben Robinson is the new general director and CEO of Kentucky Opera. An accomplished singer, stage director, and arts executive, Robinson most recently was general director of Anchorage Opera where, over his two-and-half-year … » Read

LONDON—Since its formation in 2016, Manchester Collective has won plaudits for its combination of imaginative programming and dynamic performances, often reaching out beyond the concert hall to warehouses, nightclubs, and festivals. The … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A rascally superhero born from a stone egg, the Monkey King is beloved in Chinese mythology, appearing in everything from a 16 th -century epic to modern comics, animated movies, and video games — even in poetry … » Read