Among the 120 performances of the 49th Spoleto Festival USA, May 23 to June 8, are the final two recitals of Alisa Weilerstein’s Fragments , a series of six solo performances that pair newly commissioned works with Bach’s cello … » Read

In his first season as the new music director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Cristian Macelaru will be on the Music Hall podium for seven programs. His official debut, on Oct, 3 and 4, will feature Gershwin’s Concerto in F, … » Read

Trump is wasting no time in taking over the Kennedy Center, as threatened . In addition to firing Chairman David M. Rubenstein, who has given $111 million to the Center over time, and installing himself in his place, Trump has removed 18 from the … » Read

At the curtain call for Heartbeat Opera’s February 6 Salome , Executive Director Christian De Gré Cardénas made a pitch for donations while assuring that the company continued to be in good financial health. In the context of … » Read

LONDON—Antonio Pappano has focused his opening season as chief conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra on British music, but this February 6 concert at the Barbican Centre paid equal homage to works from across the Atlantic, an apt … » Read

The Twiolins , the German violin duo that for 15 years comprised siblings Marie-Luise and Christoph Dingler, has announced that Belarusian violinist Marta Danilkovich [right] will succeed Christoph, who is stepping aside to reduce his travel and … » Read

Music Director Franz Welser-Möst, absent from the Cleveland Orchestra’s podium for most of the fall season, is returning sooner than anticipated. He will conduct a program featuring Dmitri Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No., with … » Read

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP)—President Donald Trump says he is firing members of the board of trustees for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and naming himself chairman. He also indicated that he would be dictating programming at … » Read

NEW YORK--The 1714 Strad from which the New England Conservatory (NEC) hoped to get up to $18 million at auction has sold for $11.3  million. Monies will go toward scholarship aid. The auction was first announced two months ago. The late … » Read

The leadership triumvirate of the Long Beach Opera is not quite sure who first came up with the idea of a season devoted entirely to the work of the late Pauline Oliveros, a pioneering composer of electronic music. “It’s like it came … » Read