CHICAGO--The concert was short, but savoring the moment could not have been sweeter. Last weekend, for the first time in more than 14 months, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra was back onstage at Symphony Center playing for a live audience. Given … » Read

She may be just 22, but New Zealand-born, U.S.-domiciled violinist Geneva Lewis is clearly one to watch. The recipient of a 2021 Avery Fisher Career Grant and winner of the Grand Prize at the 2020 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition, … » Read

Mezzo-soprano Erin Wagner, a Manhattan School graduate working on her master’s degree at the Juilliard School, won the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation's 2021 International Vocal Competition, which concluded May 27. The Texas native takes home … » Read

Cellist and conductor Eric Jacobsen, founding artistic director of The Knights, is to be the next music director of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra. He succeeds JoAnn Falletta, the orchestra’s Music Director Laureate who stepped down in … » Read

Few classical music leaders navigated the travails of the coronavirus pandemic more adroitly than John Gilhooly , the 47-year-old general director of Wigmore Hall. Over the past year, the 540-seat London theater, arguably the most important … » Read

MILAN (AP) —Teatro alla Scala on Monday announced a 2021-22 season of 13 operas, seven ballets and numerous concerts as Italy’s most important theater looks toward a gradual removal of pandemic restrictions. Audiences returned to La … » 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

V iva Españ a! Spanish artists clinched the top slots in four different competitions this month. The 16th Donatella Flick Conducting Competition concluded May 23 in London,  awarding first prize to Julio García Vico, a Spanish … » Read

As negotiations with its namesake organization soldier on, the MET Orchestra continues to perform as its own, independent entity, with ticket proceeds going to aid members suffering from the pandemic’s financial fall out. The announcement … » Read

This summer the Philadelphia Orchestra (PO) returns to performing before live audiences at Colorado’s Bravo! Vail Music Festival, Philadelphia’s Mann Center for the Performing Arts, and the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in New York. … » Read