Prompted by the pandemic, organizations and artists have sought to stream their performances from their individual platforms, sometimes for a fee, more often, not. While Medici.TV and the Berlin Philharmonic's Digital Concert Hall have been … » Read

The pandemic’s devastating impact on the creative arts is lending a long-absent vitality to the concept of an “arts worker.“ The idea that everyone from an orchestra musician to a museum curator, a ballet dancer to a fashion … » Read

Over the last two weeks (thank goodness) of 2020, Musical America ran a series about ten U.S. and U.K. organizations that we felt had pivoted the most gracefully, creatively, and imaginatively during the pandemic. In the tradition of making … » Read

The American Federation of Musicians’ Local Los Angeles-area chapter 47, representing some 6,000 musicians, has broken with tradition and elected, gasp, a woman to serve as its next president. Stephanie O’Keefe, a professional French … » Read

Helgi Tomasson, artistic director and principal choreographer of San Francisco Ballet (SFB) since 1985, has announced his intention to step aside by June 2022. "Despite or perhaps because of the year we all lived through together, the Company has … » Read

After nearly a year’s absence, Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) Music Director Andris Nelsons is returning to the Symphony Hall podium this month to lead a series of recordings to be released on consecutive Thursdays in February on BSO NOW, … » Read

South American conductor Rafael Payare, an alumnus of Venezuela’s famed El Sistema program and current music director of the San Diego Symphony, is to be the next music director of the Orchestre Symphonique of Montréal (OSM), … » Read

On Jan. 6 the Chinese classical music licensing, subscription, and education services company Kuke Music Holding announced terms for its IPO (initial public offering). In 2019, the Beijing-based company, founded in 2017, was China’s largest … » Read

Early in 2020 after a recording session in Berlin, Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt lost her “best friend,” when movers accidentally dropped and damaged beyond repair her one-of-a-kind F278 Fazioli piano. Although Paolo Fazioli, the … » Read

NEW YORK — Neil Young has become the latest musician to strike gold with his song catalogue, selling a 50 percent stake in his music to a British investment company in a deal announced on Wednesday. The Hipgnosis Songs Fund said it had … » Read