The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is offering an ambitious spring program of performances on CSOtv and other digital platforms. Among them are four new episodes of CSO Sessions, two new episodes in the CSO for Kids series, and three releases in the … » Read

The gremlins are reportedly gone, and the website for the Small Business Administration’s Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) has been up and running smoothly since Monday. The original opening date was April 8, but, bringing to mind the … » Read

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Mid-sized cultural events could be held without social distancing — but with other precautions — after a pilot concert attended by 4,500 mask-wearing Spaniards who'd been screened for COVID-19 produced no … » Read

Violist Geraldine Walther , who exited the Takács Quartet in 2019 after a 15-year run, has been appointed interim director of chamber music at the Colburn School in Los Angeles. She starts next fall and her position is expected to become … » Read

Live music returns to Davies Symphony Hall on May 6, when music director Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the San Francisco Symphony (SFO) in a concert for first responders, health professionals, and community and cultural leaders. Weekly programs, 75 … » Read

T he Dallas Opera is starting an online subscription streaming service. Thedallasopera.tv launched Monday with a recital by mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard [pictured] and Vanished , a three-part art film with tenor Russell Thomas, countertenor John … » Read

This year marks the 50 th anniversary of the creation of the Scottish Opera’s (SO) outreach and education program, the oldest of its kind in Europe. To mark the anniversary, the company is planning an ambitious menu of activities intended … » Read

Peter Kjome, no doubt exhausted after what will have been five years of  wrestling with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s pre-pandemic near demise, will step down when his contract as president and CEO ends in January 2022. He exits … » 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

Christa Ludwig, a renowned interpreter of Wagner, Mozart and Strauss who starred on the world’s great stages for four decades, died at her home in Klosterneuburg, Austria. She was 94, according to the Associated Press. Her death was … » Read