To the Editor: I wanted to share an observation which hit me while watching your recent Brian Prechtl One to One interview. His comments (12:15 - 12:45) celebrating donor participation during the pandemic, and the robust fiscal health of the … » Read

The Coronavirus is surging again in Germany, with a reported 15,000 new cases in the last several days. The Berlin Philharmonic was nonetheless permitted to perform Saturday night a “test” concert before about 1,000 visitors—40 … » Read

So much for reopening indoor venues to audiences. The Park Avenue Armory, with its vast 55,000-square-foot Wade Thompson Drill, was to have opened on Wednesday March 24 for a seven-day, socially distanced, public premiere of the Bill T. … » Read

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