Bass-baritone Davóne Tines is everywhere these days. Apart from receiving uniformly positive performance reviews and being a much sought-after specialist in new music, he is a highly visible activist for the Black Lives Matter movement. A … » Read

The Vienna State Opera plans to open to live, if limited audiences on May 19. In the meantime, its COVID-era policy of presenting premieres to an empty auditorium continues with this April 29 streaming of Frank Castorf’s intriguing, … » Read

In Tel Aviv on May 3, the 16th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, held triennially, selected Juan Perez Floristan from Spain [pictured] as its 2021 first-prize winner from among six finalists. Second place went to Shiori … » Read

Tyshawn Sorey has been commissioned by the Houston Dacamera and Rothko Chapel to write a 30-minute piece in honor of the chapel's 50 th anniversary. Originally scheduled to premiere in 2021, but postponed due to the pandemic, the new choral work … » Read

Jacques d'Amboise, who grew up on the streets of upper Manhattan to become one of the world's premier classical dancers at New York City Ballet and spent the last four and a half decades providing free dance classes to city youth at his National … » Read

The financial toll exacted by the pandemic has led New York Public Radio (NYPR) to institute a number of cost-saving measures, including the elimination of 14 positions. Four of those are in news, while the other ten are spread throughout the … » Read

In an act of collegiality rare in any profession, Kim Noltemy and Fabio Luisi, the respective president and CEO and music director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra (DSO), i nvited 50 members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra , out of work for … » 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

Martin (“Marty”) Bookspan, critic, broadcaster, producer, and all-‘round (non-singing) “voice of classical music” for outlets too numerous to name, died April 29 at his home in Aventura, FL. He was 94. A native of … » Read

Pianist Tiffany Poon may not be well known to a certain generation of classical music fans, but to followers of YouTube, she’s a star. The 24-year-old pianist has a  YouTube channel  that’s drawn 42 million views and some … » Read