Capping a chaotic weekend, with international artists and performers of all stripes issuing statements condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the Metropolitan Opera posted a Facebook video with General Manager … » Read

At the end of the intermission yesterday afternoon, moments before the Vienna Philharmonic launched into the final work of its three-concert stay at Carnegie Hall over the weekend, three men walked onto the stage: Yannick … » Read

Valery Gergiev’s jet-setting days are over—at least outside of Russia and China. The self-proclaimed close friend and supporter of Vladimir Putin wisely—and by mutual consent—did not travel to New York to conduct the … » Read

The George London Foundation has announced the winners of the 50 th annual competition named in honor of the Canadian-American bass-baritone (1920-1985). Twelve finalists performed live at New York’s Morgan Library for a virtual audience on … » Read

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center will offer concerts this summer on July 6, 10, and 13, with the main, 2022-23 season opening Oct. 16 and running through May 7, 2023. Scheduled are 41 performances at Lincoln Center, in Alice Tully … » Read

MIAMI (AP) — A new opera based on the acclaimed Italian novel The Leopard is to have its world premiere March 5 and 6 at the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center. Based on the 1958 novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, the opera features … » Read

Carnegie Hall and the Vienna Philharmonic have just announced that tonight’s soloist for Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concert No. 2 will be Seong-Jin Cho, winner of the 2015 International Chopin Piano Competition and the first South Korean to … » Read

This story has been updated. Please see Artists and Institutions Distance Themselves from Gergiev, from Russia . The mayor of Munich, Dieter Reiter, has told Valery Gergiev, music director of the Munich Philharmonic, that if he does not clearly … » Read

LONDON--There were plenty of draws for this February 23 concert at Festival Hall, not least of which was Jimmy López Bellido’s new Piano Concerto, a London Philharmonic Orchestra commission here receiving its world premiere with … » Read

Covid-19 has forced the classical music industry to take stock of long-accepted ways of doing business. What is sustainable in the face of the climate crisis, the lingering financial impact of the pandemic, the political disruptions of Brexit, … » Read