The New York Philharmonic is taking to the streets again, this time moving up from last summer’s pickup model to a monster truck with a 20-foot shipping container that opens out into a stage. The orchestra calls it NY Phil Bandwagon 2 , … » Read

Scheduling upheavals continue to ripple across the competition field. Some events have been cancelled, but most are carrying on with virtual and/or in-person events, the balance often determined by local health guidelines. The Cleveland … » Read

French cafes, cultural venues, and businesses that have been closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic will reopen in several phases from May 19, President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday, as he announced a four-stage calendar for reopening the country. … » Read

Florida’s arts and cultural organizations will receive $26.7mn in state funding in the 2021-22 budget year. Although the amount represents a 24 percent increase over the previous year’s grants, the total still falls well short of the … » Read

The Song Company, Australia’s self-anointed national vocal ensemble, has a busy season of Renaissance music performances ahead, notwithstanding the continuing pandemic. Plans call for both Salon concerts and Close Up recitals—intimate … » Read

Yuval Sharon’s concise deconstruction of Richard Wagner’s Götterdämmerung is perhaps the ultimate realization of Wagner’s command: “Children, make something new,” although it probably isn’t exactly … » Read

On May 1 and 2, renowned mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves will return to Tulsa, the site of her first professional engagement, to headline "Greenwood Overcomes" marking the centennial of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The program of music by living … » Read

Olivier Mantei, managing director of the Opéra-Comique, is to be the next director of the Cité de la Musique/Philharmonie de Paris. He starts on November 1, succeeding Laurent Bayle, in the job since 2015. His term, for five years, … » Read

The experience of a group of elite young cellists at the Scandinavian Cello School in Denmark suggests that humans are not alone in missing live music during the pandemic. When cellist Jacob Shaw quit touring internationally to establish the … » Read

Enrique Márquez, who produces and books events for Harvard University’s Department of Music and administers the Fromm Music Foundation, has been appointed director of music by Interlochen Center for the Arts. He succeeds Kedrik … » Read