Gillian Friedman Fox is to take on the 53 rd season of the Newport Music Festival as its executive director. She arrives January 4, 2021 after five years at the Dallas Symphony, most recently as director of contemporary programming initiatives, … » Read

London-based Maestro Arts has named Jordi Martin Mont as its new managing director. He succeeds Rachel van Walsum, who moves to the position of director and artist manager. Martin Mont has been with the company since its founding, with Ms. Van … » Read

Checking royalties due can be a complex, laborious, and sometimes contentious exercise for artists. The London-based company Audoo promises to simplify the process and ensure that artists get the money they are due for the broadcasting and … » Read

Sir David Webster—or rather his portrait—is soon to be back in the Royal Opera House (ROH), where he served as director from 1945 to 1970. In October the ROH decided to have Christies  auction David Hockney’s 1971 portrait … » Read

The Royal Opera House’s latest livestream was a double homecoming. In 1734, Handel relocated his opera company from Lincoln’s Inn Fields to the old Theatre Royal, the building constructed in 1732 on the site of the present opera … » Read

The Shanghai Quartet has chosen a new violinist to succeed Yi-Wen Jiang, who was fired last March for some inappropriate social media postings. (Yi-Wen Jiang is currently suing the quartet and Montclair State University, where the group is in … » Read

SEATTLE, WA — Like an artfully spliced film sequence, the highlight of Seattle Symphony’s concert on November 19 seemed to bridge the painful months separating us from the pre-COVID-19 era. Tyshawn Sorey’s For Roscoe Mitchell … » Read

Like its onstage peers, the Los Angeles Opera will not resume in-person performances until fall of 2021. Between Sept. 18, 2021, and June 18, 2022, the company plans 41 performances of five productions. The  main stage season includes … » Read

The booming real estate market in Seattle, a byproduct of the tech industry’s explosive growth, poses a serious threat to the city’s cultural organizations. Simply put, there isn’t enough affordable space. “The … » Read

This list will be updated weekly. Note all times are 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 currently six hours … » Read