With the current, 2024-25 season, Thomas F. (Tom) Parker will celebrate his 50 th anniversary as an artist manager, spanning a career that started at UMass as a radio producer and music director, continued in New York with stints at various … » Read

The October 6 Beijing premiere of Émigré— the 2023 oratorio commissioned by the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and conductor Long Yu—has been cancelled by the government. Scheduled as a highlight of … » Read

CHICAGO— It’s one thing to perform for 1,500 people, the capacity of downtown Chicago’s Harris Theater. How about performing for 15,000 people? Music of the Baroque grew its audience by at least that much on September 18, thanks … » Read

After a nine-month international search, San Francisco Ballet, the oldest ballet company in the U.S., has chosen Vancouver Cultural Tourism Deputy GM Branislav Henselmann as its next executive director.  He starts in November, succeeding … » Read

On Sept. 20 the musicians of the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) voted unanimously to authorize a strike if negotiations for a new contract, underway since May, do not bear fruit. The possibility of a work stoppage threatens the … » Read

The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council’s (GPAC) announcement of its new strategic plan was accompanied by a remarkable mea culpa from CEO Patrick Fisher. “Regardless of intentions,” he wrote, “the Arts Council has caused harm … » Read

PALOS HEIGHTS, Ill.— It would be herculean for even a major orchestra to tackle three symphonies on a single program. Now imagine a regional orchestra doing the same, with three symphonies most musicians haven’t heard live in their … » Read

It was hard to discern the through-line in the New York Philharmonic’s September 19 program. It was billed as having been “curated by the orchestra’s musicians”––a team of players working alongside … » Read

The Atlanta Opera, whose fortunes have soared under the ministrations of General & Artistic Director Tomer Zvulun, has unveiled plans to build a new $45 million multi-disciplinary arts center that will include a recital hall, immersive … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — Jeanine Tesori watched the world premiere run of her Grounded with director Michael Mayer l ast fall at the Kennedy Center and noticed audience fidgeting. “It didn’t need a transplant of a liver, but what it … » Read