Two years remain before Gustavo Dudamel takes over as music director of the New York Philharmonic in 2026, and until then his podium appearances will be infrequent: for the current season, two weeks of subscription concerts plus a third for the … » Read

The impact of the pandemic is still being felt by many arts and cultural institutions, as illustrated by a recent report issued by SMU DataArts and the Massachusetts Cultural Council. By examining financial and operating trends between 2019 and … » Read

Matthias Pintscher’s 25-minute tone poem neharot is quite explicitly a piece of program music, one that is governed by its external referent. Written in 2020, the piece is a response to the COVID-19 pandemic; the composer has described it … » Read

CHICAGO—It was not orchestral music as usual last week in downtown Chicago. Yes, the Chicago Symphony was in residence at Symphony Center Thursday and Friday with repertoire including a Chopin piano concerto and Shostakovich’s Fifth … » Read

Since announcing major cuts to funding for the nation’s opera companies in November 2022, Arts Council England has come in for harsh criticism for its apparent disregard for the art form, with special ire reserved for its decision to force … » Read

This past weekend, MAiRA Pro S, the next-generation robot conductor, debuted with Dresden’s Sinfoniker. Artistic Director Markus Rindt offered assurances that the intent was “not to replace human beings.” Instead, it was to … » Read

Alma Mahler’s love life is the stuff of legend. From a first kiss with painter Gustav Klimt through a succession of marriages—first to Gustav Mahler, then Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius, and finally writer Franz … » Read

Sir John Eliot Gardiner, the disgraced former artistic director of the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras, has elected not to go quietly into the night. Following his physical assault on a singer in August of 2023 , Gardiner took a year away from … » Read

LONDON—Forget boy meets girl, boy loses girl. Try boy spots girl skinny dipping, girl turns boy into stag, boy gets torn to pieces by dogs. Just another day in Ancient Greece. Seriously though, Ovid’s tale of Diana and Acteon makes … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — Osvaldo Golijov was running out of time. The Argentine-born composer had been commissioned by the Tanglewood Music Center for a chamber opera to be performed in the summer of 2003. And with the deadline just months away, his … » Read