LOS ANGELES—Given the current administration’s predilections, this might seem a dangerous time in which to launch a festival celebrating the music of two late Black and/or homosexual avant-gardists. But the first-time consortium of LA … » Read

A law suit filed in the U.S. District Court of Rhode Island on March 6 led the National Endowment for the Arts to agree that, for the moment, grant applicants need not attest that they will not “promote gender ideology” when applying … » Read

The Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) announced its annual awards on March 6 at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, the first time the event had taken place in that city. The evening honoring classical music in the U.K. recognized more than a dozen … » Read

The Cincinnati Opera and the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) reached a three-year collective bargaining agreement (CBA), ratified on March 3 by the union’s board of governors. The contract, retroactive to January 1, 2025, extends … » Read

After nearly a decade, David Snead will step down as president and chief executive of the Handel and Haydn Society (H+H) at the end of the 2024-2025 season in May. Snead, who joined the organization in 2015 after postings at the New York … » Read

The Los Angeles Philharmonic has announced its 2025-26 season, Gustavo Dudamel’s 17 th and last as music and artistic director. The menu includes 25 commissioned works, including 20 world premieres and three U.S. premieres. Following the … » Read

CHICAGO—The world needs more tenors like Karim Sulayman. Sulayman, 48, showed uncommon grace, levity, and nuance in a Feb. 27 recital hosted by the Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago (CAIC). Sulayman was born and raised in Chicago; … » Read

LONDON—The adrenaline was flowing at this February 28 Barbican Centre concert with the BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBCSO) and Elim Chan. Not only was the Hong Kong-born conductor—a rapidly rising star and the first woman to win the … » Read

Moby-Dick arrives the Metropolitan Opera with an impressive track record. In the years since its 2010 Dallas Opera world premiere, the Jake Heggie/Gene Scheer opera has racked up performances in a dozen different opera houses. This production, … » Read

NEW YORK (AP)—The megahit Broadway musical Hamilton is pulling out of plans to perform at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., next year, citing Trump’s shakeup of the art institution’s … » Read