The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) will be disbursing almost $32mn in funds to 1,032 arts organizations throughout the state. Grants are based on applications submitted in September 2021 for a peer review process and final approval by … » Read

At the request of Matthias Schulz, who will become intendant and artistic director of the Zurich Opera House in the 2025-26 season, the organization has extended the contract of Gianandrea Noseda as general music director for an additional three … » Read

Carol Becker will step down as dean of Columbia University’s School of the Arts at the end of this academic year. The announcement came today in a letter from President Lee C. Bollinger. In the top job since 2007, she’ll remain on the … » Read

STOCKHOLM--Cellist and humanitarian Yo-Yo Ma was presented with the 2022 Birgit Nilsson Prize by Swedish King Karl XVI Gustav at a gala award ceremony here on October 18. Ma is the fifth recipient of the prize and the first solo instrumentalist. … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO--Ars Minerva, the seven-year-old company that has made a name for itself in the Bay Area by reviving forgotten Baroque operas, has held up its reputation for musical verve and theatrical cheekiness with its latest offering, … » Read

First impressions can make or break a relationship. For the Danish conductor Thomas Søndergård, his first rehearsal with the Minnesota Orchestra in December 2021 “was one of the best first impressions I’ve ever had of an … » Read

While the pandemic that paralyzed the performing arts world has receded, its aftereffects continue to haunt organizations whose audiences are continuing to stay away. This is a  national phenomenon that is generally attributed to a … » Read

CULVER CITY, CA – It’s uncanny how often the subject matter of new operas these days coincides, intended or not, with real-life events. Case in point: Peter Knell and Stephanie Fleischmann’s Arkhipov performed for the first … » Read

In 2017 Charleston’s Spoleto Festival asked the MacArthur award-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens to write an opera based on the 1831 autobiography of Omar ibn Said , a Muslim scholar from Senegal who was captured and sold into slavery for … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — Joanna Simon, an acclaimed mezzo-soprano, Emmy-winning TV correspondent, and one of the three singing Simon sisters who include pop star Carly, died October 19. Her sister Lucy, a composer whose credits included the score … » Read