In a unique musical partnership, the East Coast’s New England Conservatory Preparatory School and the California-based LA Phil YOLA National Institute have partnered to develop a bicoastal summer institute for young musicians. The two-week … » 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

Aspen Music Festival dedicated its July 17 performance of Mozart's The Magic Flute to its director, Edward Berkeley, who died unexpectedly hours before the curtain went up. Berkeley had been the Aspen Music Festival and School Opera Program … » Read

The 2021 Salzburg Festival will go ahead with no limitations on seating capacity, it has been announced. With a detailed prevention plan in place, it’s hoped that audiences will be reassured, with statistics for the Whitsun Festival … » Read

The Minneota Orchestra has announced details of its upcoming season with a program that both looks forwards and backwards, highlighting the achievements of outgoing Music Director Osmo Vänskä’s 19-year tenure, but with a healthy … » Read

Sir Graham Vick, the English opera director and visionary founder of Birmingham Opera Company, has died at the age of 67. The Company announced his death on Twitter: “We are devastated to announce that today 17 July 2021 Sir Graham Vick, … » Read

For actors of a certain age, Shakespeare’s King Lear , often billed as the “Everest” of acting, represents a pinnacle in a career. As the greatest Wotan of his generation, Sir John Tomlinson knows all about pinnacles. The great … » Read

There are stirrings in the British parliament that may lead to a complete reset of music streaming regulations. “Streaming has helped save the music industry following two decades of digital piracy,” wrote Kevin Brennan, an MP on … » Read

The restart of the classical music world will occasion a return to touring, and with it, hopefully, a renewed consideration of the industry’s carbon footprint. Just how much does music contribute to the global climate emergency? Air travel … » Read

BERLIN (AFP)--Esther Bejarano, one of the last survivors of the women's orchestra at Auschwitz, has died at the age of 96, the head of the Anne Frank Education Center said on Twitter last Saturday. Bejarano, who played the accordion in the … » Read