It’s hard to believe that ten years have passed since Carnegie Hall launched its laudable National Youth Orchestra USA (NYO-USA) program, eight years since the younger, NYO2 followed suit, and six since NYO Jazz got underway. Encompassing … » Read

In an open letter, arts administrators and performers past and present warned that Arts Council England’s 35 percent cut in funding to the Welsh National Opera (WNO) will “sharply reduce” the company’s provision of opera … » Read

One of Elizabeth Alexander’s earliest artistic memories is of visiting a Degas dancer’s sculpture at The Hirshhorn Museum. “I’d go to after school and visit the one with the tulle skirt that I loved so much,” a … » Read

CARDIFF—Leonard Bernstein’s Candide is all about optimism, and a director needs an awful lot of it to attempt a successful production. The piece has had more revisions than Bernstein had hot dinners and given that some versions fill … » Read

As of next fall, the newest member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra will also be the youngest. He is 20-year-old Texas native Samuel Watson, arriving next season as contrabassoonist and succeeding Gregg Henegar, who retired in 2022 after 30 years … » Read

For two years documentary filmmaker Maggie Contreras tracked several women hoping to compete in the second edition of La Maestra , the first international conducting competition designed solely for women. Of the original seven she followed, five … » Read

The Calgary Philharmonic has appointed Juliane Gallant as resident conductor starting next season. She joins Music Director Rune Bergmann and Associate Conductor Karl Hirzer in the artistic leadership of the 67-year-old ensemble. The New … » Read

MOSCOW—The live rounds of the 17 th International Tchaikovsky Competition opened on June 19 in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory with a gala performance by the Mariinsky Theater Orchestra and past laureates under the baton of Valery … » Read

The Brooklyn Academy of Music, at its height a breeding ground for richly innovative programming, has eliminated 26 positions, or 13 percent of its workforce, and reduced its programming for 2023-24. Its artistic director, David Binder, announced … » Read

NEW YORK (AP)—Yannick Nézet-Séguin is remaking the Metropolitan Opera from the bottom up. When the 48-year-old conductor leans forward to extend his arms and emphasize vibrato or stretches high for a fortissimo during an … » Read