When 34-year-old Ana Marvez fled to Chile from Venezuela five years ago, she felt lucky to get a job—as a secretary in an arts school—that kept her in touch with her profession as a music teacher and choir director. “I was … » Read

Pardon the metaphor, but it appears the buds of spring are pushing up through the soil after a cruel, year-long winter. On Tuesday, both the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) and the Utah Opera announced a return to live (chamber) … » Read

The 2009 discovery of a heretofore unknown cache of works by Florence Price prompted a long overdue revival of interest in the Black composer . Since then, her Symphony No. 1, which received its premiere in 1933 by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra … » Read

The Vienna Staatsoper continues its series of opening nights played live to an empty opera house with this much-anticipated March 7 stream of La Traviata, scheduled for rebroadcast on March 12 . Simon Stone’s production premiered at the … » Read

The New York Times Culture department has added two members, one based in Los Angeles, one in New York, both charged with covering the performing arts. Both are longtime Times staffers, whose professional experience and training are more on the … » Read

The Manhattan School of Music (MSM) has selected Dr. Carleen Graham to become the School’s inaugural Associate Dean and Director of Vocal Arts. A Distinguished Teaching Professor Emerita of the State University of New York at Potsdam, … » Read

Learning how to perform as part of an orchestra is one of the primary educational goals for instrumentalists attending a music school. It should come as no surprise that, like many other things, the pandemic has interrupted this key aspect of … » Read

BARQUISIMETO, Venezuela (AP) — Orchestra music envelops the streets of a Venezuelan city every time a truck carrying musicians has made its way through traffic for the past year, capturing the attention of drivers and passers-by who take … » Read

New Zealand-born conductor Gemma New, 34, principal guest conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, music director of the Hamilton (CA) Philharmonic, is the recipient of the annual Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award, given to a promising American … » Read

It seems nothing can stop the Bolshoi Theater from putting its company members onstage and in the pit (and at risk), in all three of its theaters. As one insider puts it, “they are the most active [performance] company in the world right … » Read