The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has announced details of its Fall and Holiday 2021 programming at Symphony Center. In September Riccardo Muti returns for his 12 th season as music director, leading three weeks of concerts for his first time with … » Read

AIX-EN-PROVENCE— Whether by accident or design, July at the Aix-en-Provence Festival is Australia Month. The ever-busy Antipodean Barrie Kosky opened the month with Verdi’s Falstaff and will soon follow that at the festival’s … » Read

CHICAGO—Midway through the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s concert July 10 at the Ravinia Festival, the skies opened, thoroughly drenching the crowd on the lawn. Earlier in the week, a second or two after the final note of the Grant Park … » Read

Parking garages became the “go-to place” for musicians seeking a safe space in which to practice during the pandemic. With studios or practice rooms overbooked and concert halls closed, the wide-open spaces of a parking deck offer … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO--The audience at Davies Hall may have been masked, but its response to the San Francisco Symphony certainly wasn’t muffled. “Bravo!” someone cried out, to genial laughter, after the ensemble tuned up for the … » 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

LENOX, MA--Last weekend, the Boston Symphony Orchestra returned to its summer home at Tanglewood after an 18-month hiatus. The first, unofficial, opening night, on July 9, featured the Brooklyn-based Knights, with Artistic Director Eric Jacobsen … » Read

The widow of Christopher Larkin, who for almost 36 years played horn for the BBC Symphony Orchestra at its Maida Vale studios in London, is suing the BBC, citing the studio’s asbestos-riddled environment as the cause of his death from … » Read

While the classical music world is slowly coming back to life, the pandemic continues to leave its impact. Regulations in the U.K. mandating returning artists quarantine for ten days have forced two high-profile cancellations in Salzburg. The … » Read

Soprano Danielle de Niese received rave reviews for her recent star turn as Musetta in the Royal Opera House’s production of La bohème . Unknown to all but a few, she went on stage a mere 18 hours after suffering a miscarriage. De … » Read