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

NEW YORK (AP) — Conductor James Levine, who ruled over the Metropolitan Opera for more than four decades before being eased aside when his health declined and then fired for sexual improprieties, has died. He was 77. Levine died March 9 in … » Read

“The Boston Symphony Orchestra extends its sincere condolences to the family of James Levine at the news of his passing. One of the most profoundly gifted musicians of the 20th and 21st centuries, James Levine led many extraordinary … » Read

Jaap (Van Zweden) is back in the Hall, and the New York Philharmonic plans to put its Bandwagon back on the road in May. The Los Angeles Philharmonic is anticipating limited audiences in the Hollywood Bowl this summer. “Glimmerglass on the … » Read

Gil Rose’s Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Musical America’s 2016 Ensemble of the Year , is on a mission to draw attention to important American works of the 20th and 21st centuries. It may be barred from live performance, but this … » Read

The Minnesota Orchestra, which has performed solely for at-home viewing and listening the past nine months, will conclude its 2020-21 Classical season with performances for in-person audiences in Orchestra Hall beginning in June. Between April … » Read

In an appointment that aligns with many other classical music organizations’ in the last year, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) has named a chief diversity officer, a newly created position reporting directly to the CEO.   An … » Read

Chien Wen-pin is general and artistic director of the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying), Taiwan, one of several venues under the auspices of National Performing Arts Center, which also include Taipei’s National Theater and … » Read