Stephen R. Smoot, who for 15 years produced hundreds of concerts for the Ravinia Festival, died suddenly on Nov. 27 at the age of 57. No cause of death was given by the festival. Smoot was a master at making artists (and audiences) happy through … » Read

Last October “Take me out to the ballgame” took on a whole new meaning in baseball-crazed Boston. Instead of the city’s beloved Red Sox, members of another of the city’s iconic teams—the Boston Pops—patrolled … » Read

The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra (OPO) will kick off 2021 with an outdoor concert at Exploria Stadium, home to the city’s two professional soccer teams, on Jan. 9. In her first concert appearance with an orchestra since the pandemic … » 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

A study conducted within the last two weeks by Howard A. Stone, a professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University, indicates that Plexiglass may not be the Covid-19-spread solution that many have thought. Stone, who … » Read

Not about to let the coronavirus pandemic cancel their annual Christmas concert, the 40 members of the Wisconsin Chamber Choir (WCC) gathered in their cars at the American Family Insurance’s parking structure in Madison on Dec. 12 for a … » Read

BARCELONA, SPAIN — Eager for a live music show after months of social distancing, more than 1,000 Barcelona residents gathered Saturday to participate in a medical study to evaluate the effectiveness of same-day coronavirus screening to … » Read

The Salzburg Festival in Austria is forging ahead with a full program for 2021 after becoming one of the few classical music organizations to manage a limited program last summer. The world’s top summer festival, coming off its 100th … » Read

Determined to end a year-long drought of live performances, the Dallas Opera has announced plans for four productions to begin in March of 2021. “What we really are hearing from our audiences is, we really want to have live music … » Read

Israeli conductor Omer Meir Wellber--chief conductor of the BBC Philharmonic, music director of the Teatro Massimo Palermo, principal guest of the Semperoper Dresden—will add yet another post in the 2022-23 season. Concurrent with Lotte de … » Read