RAVENNA, Italy - Riccardo Muti has once again reopened the Italian musical season in his adopted hometown of Ravenna after another—and if all goes well perhaps final — round of pandemic closures. With a purposeful nod and flick of his … » Read

Carlos Kalmar, who stepped down last month as music director of the Oregon Symphony after 18 years, has been hired by the Cleveland Institute of Music as its new director of orchestral and conducting programs and principal conductor. He succeeds … » Read

The San Francisco Symphony (SFS) returned to performing before a live audience on May 6, and for many of the invited guests, suggests critic Joshua Kosman, music was almost beside the point. “Sometimes, in our darker moments, it might have … » Read

The City Artist Corps, a new initiative announced on May 6, will direct $25mn to artists of all kinds to create works throughout New York City. “We want to make sure that we put funds in the pocket of artists,” Gonzalo Casals, 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

Camille Delaney-McNeil, director of programs for the Baltimore Symphony’s much admired OrchKids , is to be the inaugural director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s new Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen YOLA Center at Inglewood (BYC). The … » Read

The Juilliard School has named a top Curtis Institute academic as dean and director of its music division. David Serkin Ludwig—whose uncle was Peter Serkin and whose grandfather, pianist Rudolf Serkin, was director of Curtis from … » Read

As it embarks on the next stage of a long-planned renovation, Milan’s Teatro alla Scala has re-engaged a powerful patron—the Armani Group. “The arts are always put on the back burner in difficult times because they do not … » Read

The League of American Orchestras has announced the specifics of its next annual conference, titled “Embracing a Changed World” and previously outlined on these pages three weeks ago. President and CEO Simon Wood s set the tone for … » Read

MILAN--With 55 percent of Italy’s adult population due to be vaccinated within eight weeks, the government allowed theaters and cinemas to reopen to live audiences at 50 percent of their usual capacity, as of April 26. The cap is 500 for … » Read