LOS ANGELES—Two weeks after he inaugurated his term as Music and Artistic Director-Designate of the New York Philharmonic on Sep. 11, Gustavo Dudamel  opened his final season as Music and Artistic Director of the Los Angeles … » Read

In many chamber settings, the viola tends to blend into the texture—which made Emma Wernig’s playing all the more striking when I first encountered her last August on opening weekend at Tippet Rise, the remote Montana arts center. … » Read

For the first time in the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra’s (VPO) 183-year history, its musicians voted to add a musician of East Asian descent.  Hanna Cho, a Korean-American violinist born in Seoul but raised and educated in the United … » Read

When NY Times Culture Editor Sia Michel moved the New York Times’s top performing arts critics off their respective beats (not to mention areas of expertise) in July, she said all would be reassigned. Jesse Green, former theater critic, … » Read

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge agreed Monday to temporarily suspend the Trump administration’s plan to eliminate hundreds of jobs at the agency that oversees Voice of America, the government-funded broadcaster founded to counter … » Read

As of December 31, 2025, Sue Dixon will resign from Portland Opera after 11 years, the last six as general director . She had told the board of directors of her plans a year ago, timing her departure to coincide with the completion of the … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO—With the softly gleaming pedal-point chord that opened the San Francisco Symphony’s performance of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 on September 26, a sense that something special was in store began to take hold. The … » Read

The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) has added five musicians for the 2025–26 season. “As I begin my ninth season as music director,” noted Gianandrea Noseda, “I feel a deep responsibility to secure the future of the NSO … » Read

On Friday, Sept. 26, the behind-the-scenes tensions within the public media universe burst into full view when, in plain speak, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) threw NPR under the bus. At issue was a multi-million-dollar contract to … » Read

Playing violin is not for sissies. About 60 percent of professional violinists and violists experience some form of playing-related musculoskeletal disorder, a higher percentage than for any other group of instrumentalists. “Ergonomically, … » Read