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

The San Francisco Symphony (SFS) and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) have “paused” the five-year-old Emerging Black Composers Project (EBCP) in response to a memo from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of … » Read

The two-year-old No Name Pops, soon to be known again as the Philly Pops by permission of the estate of the late Peter Nero, has tapped Christopher Dargon as its first music director. The Australian conductor holds conducting positions with the … » Read

The upcoming season for the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) combines its traditional quality programming with a new partnership with the Colburn School. Since it was founded in 1968, LACO has performed in several different venues, including … » Read

The 2025-26 Chicago Symphony Orchestra season has its immediate past and future music directors, Riccardo Muti and Klaus Mäkelä, leading four programs each in Chicago, with the former also touring seven U.S. cities with the band and the … » Read

The 2025-26 season of the Louisville Orchestra (LO) offers an impressive slate of classical concerts, several of which will include world premieres. Music Director Teddy Abrams is never far from the stage, save for two weeks in September, when he … » Read

NEW YORK (AP)—The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation will increase its giving over the next two years in response to what it calls a “crisis” prompted by the Trump administration’s freeze on federal foreign aid … » Read

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has appointed violinist Natalie Chee as its next concertmaster, commencing in January 2026. For Chee, who currently lives in Germany, the appointment brings her home. A Sydney native, she began studying violin at age … » Read