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

Mimi Stern-Wolfe, a New York-based pianist and conductor, died on June 21 at the age of 84. The founder of Downtown Music Productions (DMP), in early the 1980s, she was a staunch advocate for a woman’s place in concert halls and … » Read

VERONA, Italy -- The Verona Arena amphitheater in northern Italy has returned to staging full operas for the first time since the pandemic — but with one big difference. The monumental sets that normally fill the vast amphitheater stage … » Read

American-born composer and avant-garde pianist Frederic Rzewski died in Italy on June 26. He was 83. Rzewski’s most well-known work i s likley The People United Will Never Be Defeated!, a gigantic set of piano variations on a Chilean … » Read

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has announced that two new programs open to nonprofit arts and culture organizations and local arts agencies will distribute $135mn in American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds. Forty percent of these funds are to … » Read

Violinist Randall Goosby, 24, has signed for joint general management with HarrisonParrott and Primo Artists, effective immediately. Goosby moves from the Young Concert Artists roster, having won the YCA competition in 2018, also the year he was … » Read

Dallas Symphony Chorus Director Joshua Habermann [pictured] will exit his post at the end of next season, his 11th with the DSO. He’s on his way to Honolulu, apparently, where his wife has a teaching job. Habermann, also in his 12th season … » Read

During the pandemic, an orchestra playing at full tilt can quickly become a super spreader machine. Brass and wind instruments in particular emit aerosols—tiny respiratory droplets—that travel around the stage and into the audience, … » Read

Sir Nicholas Kenyon, among the most highly regarded scribes and administrators in the arts world, is to step down next September after 14 years as managing director of the Barbican, Europe’s largest multi-arts and conference venue. He … » Read

LONDON—The Cinderella among Handel’s so-called “magic” operas, Amadigi –composed four years after Rinaldo and two full decades before his bewitching masterpiece Alcina— boasts music of the utmost enchantment. … » Read