Russian conductor Tugan Sokhiev, who  recently quit as musical director and principal conductor of the Bolshoi Theater in protest against the invasion of Ukraine, will not be coming Stateside on March 31 to conduct the New York Philharmonic, … » Read

LONDON--Few orchestras understand the meaning of invasion, occupation, and oppression like the Czech Philharmonic, as well as appreciating the power of music when it comes to making a stand. In its 126-year history it has programmed patriotic … » Read

PARIS—Ivo van Hove’s 2019 co-production with the Metropolitan Opera of Mozart’s so-called “director’s graveyard” opera, due to land at the Met on May 5, is an exhilarating, physical, all-enveloping piece of … » Read

The Lyric Opera of Chicago has appointed Matthew Ozawa to the newly created position of chief artistic administration officer. He starts April 12. No stranger to the company, Ozawa has previously served as interim head of Lyric Unlimited, the … » Read

March was to be a busy month for the 29-year-old conductor Vitali Alekseenok, who was scheduled to lead concerts in Lviv, Dnipro, and Kyiv, and open the Kharkiv Music Festival as its new artistic director. But four days after the Russian invasion … » Read

Opera-in-concert is an essential component of a major orchestra’s programming arsenal and often a high point. In May, Franz Welser-Möst leads the Cleveland Orchestra in Verdi’s Otello . The Chicago Symphony follows suit in June … » Read

It’s a veritable building boom in the performing arts: Last week, Lincoln Center announced the near completion of the remade David Geffen Hall; yesterday the St. Louis Symphony unveiled the expansion and upgrading of Powell Hall ; and now, … » Read

Olga Smirnova, a principal soloist at the Bolshoi Ballet since 2016, is leaving the storied Russian company to join the Dutch National Ballet. Although she said in a news release that she had been contemplating a move for some time, she was … » Read

This year’s recipients of the £30,000 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Awards for musical excellence are Anastasia Kobelkin, cello; onetime Musical America New Artist Geneva Lewis, violin; James Newby, baritone; and Ema Nikolovska, … » Read

On Monday, the Metropolitan Opera used its power, its people, and its international profile to pay tribute to and raise funds for Ukraine as it resists the Russian invasion. Before a sold-out (within hours, apparently) house of 3,200 and an … » Read