Opera Philadelphia’s 2025-26 season, the first curated by General Director and President Anthony Roth Costanzo, is filled with invention and daring, with nary an operatic warhorse in sight. The menu includes world premieres from 11 … » Read

LONDON—It is unfortunate that a ticketing oversight at Wigmore Hall led to my experiencing this recital from the back row, seated behind two substantial patrons who completely obstructed my view of Joyce DiDonato’s moving performance. … » Read

The Naumburg Orchestral Concerts, which claim to be “the oldest continuously running free outdoor classical concert series in the world,” has appointed a new executive director in Anthony Bracewell. Longtime president Christopher … » Read

Republicans in the House of Representatives are trying to advance legislation—the No Partisan Radio and Partisan Broadcasting Services Act (H.R. 2443)—that would effectively end federal funding for both National Public Radio and the … » Read

Before the middle decades of the 20 th century, no role in the world of classical music was less appreciated than that of piano accompanist. “Trained to be unnoticeable… [the accompanist was] schooled in self-effacement,” … » Read

Abigail Raiford failed to nab top honors at the  Met Opera’s Laffont Competition Finals Concert on March 16, but when she stepped on the storied stage to accept her runner-up prize (there were four, out of the nine finalists), the … » Read

An encounter near the Beethoven statue in Los Angeles’s Pershing Square 20 years ago changed the lives of both Steve Lopez and Nathaniel Ayers. Lopez was a columnist for the Los Angeles Times , and Ayers a Cleveland-born musical prodigy and … » Read

Until March 25, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, a curator and performance artist, was vice president and artistic director of social impact at The Kennedy Center, a position he had held for seven years. Then, in a matter of less than a day, he and five … » Read

Between July 2022 and July 2024, the Artist Employment Program (AEP)—an initiative launched and administered by Creatives Rebuild New York (CRNY) and funded with $125 million from the Mellon, Ford, and Niarchos foundations—sought to … » Read

Nicholas Walls is the new chief advancement officer at the Music Academy of the West; he succeeds Jodi Barnard, who retired in January. Walls, who started March 31, most recently served as senior director of philanthropy at the Seattle Symphony, … » Read