The Kennedy Center has announced plans for its 50 th anniversary season, scheduled to kick off in September 2021. The menu of events includes programs and performances by all the organizations that operate under the Center’s umbrella, with … » Read

The San Diego Symphony’s (SDS) ambitious, $85mn year-round bayside concert venue—The Shell—is primed to open “as soon as it’s clear the time is right. It’s just a question of when, not if,” says the … » Read

Among recent signs of musical life in-the-flesh is the Montreal Symphony’s return to the concert hall for the first time in six months, tonight and tomorrow night. The program, which will be streamed April 20-May 4, is 70 minutes long and … » Read

Italian conductor Daniele Gatti, despite confirmation of inappropriate sexual advances in the past  both in the U.S. and abroad, is having no trouble getting work in his native country. His newest post, according to the Corriere della Sera , … » Read

If there is a silver lining to the shuttering of live classical music it is the explosion of streaming. Over the past year, concerts and artists otherwise inaccessible to many could be enjoyed in the comfort of one’s home, often for no or … » Read

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sports, theater and music fans will be able to take their seats again in California as the state’s coronavirus cases plummet and vaccinations jump. After a year-long ban on most indoor seating, the state … » Read

Depending upon your point of view, the newly announced decision to tack a $1,000 donation on top of subscription fees for nearly 450 of the choicest seats for The Kimmel Center’s Broadway series is either a long-planned strategy to enhance … » Read

As Lincoln Center prepares for the launch of  Restart Stages on April 7, today it jointly announces with the New York Philharmonic the updated schedule for the David Geffen Hall renovation . There is much good news, including plans to reopen … » Read

This year’s Spoleto Festival USA, the 45 th annual event, will mark General Director Nigel Redden’s last, after 35 years. Running May 28-June 13, it will offer 70 live performances, mostly out of doors, in four different venues, the … » Read

The George Enescu International Festival—Romania’s largest international cultural event—will present 66 concerts between August 28 and September 26, 2021 in the capital city of Bucharest. Over 4,700 artists from around the world … » Read