This year’s Spoleto Festival USA, the 45 th annual event, will mark General Director Nigel Redden’s last, after 35 years. Running May 28-June 13, it will offer 70 live performances, mostly out of doors, in four different venues, the … » Read

The George Enescu International Festival—Romania’s largest international cultural event—will present 66 concerts between August 28 and September 26, 2021 in the capital city of Bucharest. Over 4,700 artists from around the world … » Read

We will be updating this list weekly. Please note that all times are given in U.S. Eastern Time (ET). To calculate in other time zones or counties, British Summer Time (BST) is currently five hours ahead of ET and Central European Time (CET) is … » Read

Lady Valerie Solti, wife of the renowned Sir Georg, died on March 31 at her London home. She was 83. During her late husband’s 22-year tenure as music director of the Chicago Symphony, from 1969 to 1991, Mrs. Solti was effectively the first … » Read

Nearly everyone predicted that Brexit would wreak havoc with UK musicians attempting to perform in Europe after the UK’s break with the EU became a reality on Jan. 31. Just how bad is only now becoming evident, as demonstrated by the … » Read

An insightful survey of works by Florence Price is one of four new albums exploring nearly a century of solo piano music by American composers. Born in 1887 in Little Rock, Price trained at the New England Conservatory before migrating to Chicago … » Read

Seven years ago, cellist Julian Lloyd Webber challenged his former duo partner, the half-Romanian, half-Nigerian pianist Rebeca Omordia to discover African composers of art music. The result is a roster of more than 200, several of whose work has … » Read

Two more retirements to add to the ever-growing list of arts executives leaving storied careers behind. The latest is JoAnn Kulesza, music director of the Peabody Opera Theater for 30 years and a key member of the music faculty. Stepping in to … » Read

Clearly, the pandemic has quickened the pace of retirement plans among a certain generation of arts leaders. In the latest instance, David Foster will retire as president of Opus 3 Artists, “whenever it’s appropriate in the coming … » Read

It looked set to be a gala y ear for Miles Mykkanen. The 29-year-old tenor made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Second Apprentice in the company’s new production of Wozzeck , but when the run ended on January 22, 2020, lockdown was less … » Read