Esa-Pekka Salonen walked on stage to join the New York Philharmonic, which had not gathered before an audience for exactly 400 days. “On behalf of all us on stage, welcome back,” the conductor told the crowd Wednesday night. “We … » Read

Gerry Cornelius, principal guest conductor of the English National Ballet, is to be the new music director of the English Touring Opera, with immediate effect. He succeeds Michael Rosewell who stepped down at the close of 2018 after 14 years, … » Read

As tensions between the U.S. and China grow more threatening, it becomes more important than ever to identify areas of positive relations between the two. One place would be the almost 50-year love affair between the Philadelphia Orchestra and … » Read

When the pandemic halted performances before live audiences and orchestras had to turn to webcasting to continue to engage their audiences, no ensemble was more experienced and better prepared than the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO). … » Read

A new study conducted by U.K. audience survey research firm Indigo indicates that two thirds of arts users engaged with a new artform via streaming since the onset of the pandemic. The company reports that, since March, 2020, it has canvassed … » Read

Alison Friedman, current artistic director of performing arts for Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, is returning Stateside for reasons personal and political; she has been hired as executive and artistic director of … » Read

Oper Köln has hired Dutch cultural manager Hein Mulders, onetime artistic director of the Nederlandse Opera, current intendant of the Aalto - Musiktheater in Essen (Germany), as its new artistic director, effective in 2022-23. He succeeds … » Read

As part of Lincoln Center’s Restart Stages initiative, the set designer and MacArthur “Genius” grantee Mimi Lien will transform Josie Robertson Plaza into “The GREEN,” a 14,000 sq. ft. park. Lien will use SYNLawn, a … » Read

Netherlands’s Delft Chamber Music Festival has new artistic leadership in the wings. The festival, which runs July 22 to August 1 in Delft historic locales, has been programmed jointly by the outgoing artistic director, violinist Liza … » Read

During the first decade of the 21 st century, the American recorded music industry was on the ropes. The culprit—peer-to-peer file-sharing platforms like Napster and Limewire that caused U.S. recorded-music revenues to drop from an all-time … » Read