Tanglewood will open for the first time in 18 months, with live performances planned to run July 9 to August 6—50 percent of the usual season. Programming details are due to be announced on April 8; performances will be limited to 80 … » Read

The Ojai Music Festival has announced plans for its 75 th live edition, moved from its usual June to September 16 to 19 in hopes that the pandemic will be under control by that time. John Adams, curator and conductor for the 2021 Festival … » Read

I attended not his first but his second appearance at the Metropolitan Opera, on June 12, 1971, the debut of a 27-year-old conductor in  Tosca  that quickly attracted a buzz. It was a Saturday night during one of the seasons in June … » Read

British conductor Stefan Asbury has joined the roster of Colbert Artists for North American representation. A recent podium guest for the Boston Symphony’s BSO Now series, Asbury has guest conducted widely and has been on the Tanglewood … » Read

In April the Los Angeles Opera is introducing a new Signature Recital Series of intimate online performances by five world-class singers. The full-length recitals, filmed in concert venues across the U.S. and in Europe, can be viewed on demand … » Read

Somebody in the Metropolitan Opera stalemate with its unions has finally blinked. First it was management, when, in December, it offered union members up to $1,543 a week if they would just come back to the negotiating table. (The company has … » Read

The 2021 Leeds International Piano Competition has expanded the number of cities hosting the first round of the competition, March 28 to April 8, from five to 16, thereby reducing travel amid the pandemic. Only two of the 62 competitors from 28 … » Read

The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra may be the only arts group on the planet to emerge from the pandemic with a surplus. As of fiscal 2020 close (June 30), it posted a surplus of $74,000 on operating expenses of $9.7 million. All the while SPCO says … » Read

Composer Silvia Colasanti [pictured], a native of Rome, is the latest recipient of the Franco Buitoni Award (£25,000), given biennially by the Borletti-Buitoni Trust to an Italian musician who has promoted and encouraged chamber music. … » Read

"The Metropolitan Opera honors the memory of former Music Director James Levine, who held the musical reins of the company for four-and-a-half decades. Maestro Levine conducted more than 2,500 performances of 85 different operas at the Met, … » Read