AIX-EN-PROVENCE—As fine wines improve with age, so the Aix Easter Festival has matured into one of Europe’s unmissable classical music gatherings. While not a behemoth on the scale of London’s BBC Proms, it is a beacon among … » Read

The Los Angeles Master Chorale (LAMC) has announced that Scott Altman, its president and CEO since January of 2024 , is leaving as of June 5, 2026, to become executive director of the Miami City Ballet. (Prior to joining LAMC, Altman was … » Read

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Kennedy Center’s new leadership wants to prove to critics that the building is damaged beyond simple repair. It’s starting with Congress. Matt Floca, the performing arts institution’s n ew executive … » Read

CHICAGO—During a recent Chicago Symphony Orchestra concert, Katinka Kleijn sidled onto the Orchestra Hall stage, as she has for more than 30 years, to join her colleagues in the cello section for a program of rich, late-romantic … » Read

For over 50 years, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo have entertained audiences around the world with performances by a troupe of gay male dancers who respectfully poke fun at the conventions of romantic and classical ballet. Beginning in … » Read

CHICAGO—Jakub Hruša has death on his mind. At least, his recent Chicago Symphony Orchestra program did. On April 9, he anchored his guest appearance with Rachmaninoff’s The Isle of the Dead and the Prelude and Liebestod … » Read

The recent Carnegie Hall performances by Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) drew the kind of rapturous response they’ve been receiving since news broke that Nelsons’s contract as music director would not be … » Read

The momentum with which the Washington National Opera left the Kennedy Center and re-established itself as an independent opera company shows no sign of diminishing. Despite earlier indications that its annual American Opera Initiative (AOI) was … » Read

The 65 th season of the Grand Teton Music Festival (GTMF), under the leadership of Music Director Sir Donald Runnicles and Executive Director Emma Kail, offers an inviting menu of programs between July 9 and August 13. A core offering are the … » Read

F innish violinist Pekka Kuusisto has announced he is stopping performing in the U.S. in response both to ethical objections to the current administration’s policies and the implications of US tax law for foreign artists. In an Instagram … » Read