From June to September 2025, the LA Philharmonic’s 103 rd Hollywood Bowl season will present an ambitious mix of classical music with performances by some of today’s leading popular pop, rock, hip-hop, jazz, and Broadway artists. The … » Read

From May 14 to 23, Jaap van Zweden will lead the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) on a five-city, eight-concert European tour devoted entirely to Gustav Mahler’s Symphonies No. 6 and No. 7. This marks the first time the Dutchman Zweden has … » Read

Growing up in Venezuela, Samuel Mariño was “so passionate” about being a ballet dancer. “It was hard so it was worth it,” he tells The Guardian . But singing would ultimately prove to be his salvation. As a … » Read

Edward J. Lewis III has announced that he will step down as president and CEO of Caramoor, the 90-acre estate and arts center in Katonah, NY,  at the end of March. He has not indicated what his next move may be; Lewis will have been in the … » Read

LONDON—Where to begin with Festen , the explosive new opera by Mark-Anthony Turnage? At the end, perhaps, when a dazed first-night audience staggered to its collective feet to applaud a tour de force? Or the moment in the 100-minute evening … » Read

When Samuel Barber’s Vanessa opened at the Metropolitan Opera in January 1958, it was the first time in more than two decades that the company had premiered an American opera. There were 17 curtain calls, and the New York Times critic … » Read

The Eastman School of Music has added two new faculty members to its Jazz & Contemporary Media (JCM) department, starting next fall. Both are highly credentialed musicians, as band leaders and sidemen. Drummer Otis Brown III [pictured]is to … » Read

This summer Los Angeles-based KUSC and the Bay Area's KDFC, both owned by the University of Southern California, will combine their programming and on-air staffs under the brand name Classical California. The announcers for both stations will be … » Read

LONDON—First staged in 1977, just four years after Death in Venice , Thea Musgrave’s Mary, Queen of Scots has had to wait 48 years for its London premiere. A commission from Scottish Opera, the original Edinburgh production was … » Read

Could Donald Trump pose an existential threat to the survival of the Kennedy Center? “Yes, he can destroy the center and relatively quickly,” a number of arts leaders told Philip Kennicott of the Washington Post . Speaking anonymously … » Read