Enote, a new app being developed in Berlin, promises to “be a gamechanger for musicians” by offering instant, interactive access to sheet music. “Everyone in the music world is talking about it and I’m sure we’ll all … » Read

The Metropolitan Opera’s union members—which is most of the company’s employees—have been furloughed without pay since April, although health benefits have continued. On Friday, General Manager Peter Gelb suggested in a … » Read

Perryn Leech is to step down from the Houston Grand Opera as managing director as of December 31. The company had recently announced that it will cease all live performances until the Fall of 2021 and has moved its activities to the digital … » Read

On Nov. 19 two of the top entertainment unions reached an agreement making the online distribution of filmed plays and musicals easier during the pandemic. The dispute centered on which of the two organizations governed theater productions that … » Read

In what has become a rare phenomenon for 2020, Young Concert Artists held an in-person competition on Nov. 8 at New York’s Merkin Concert Hall. Three winners were chosen from a finalist pool of ten instrumentalists and singers. They are: … » Read

Martin Wittenberg, who launched his own firm in June after leaving Columbia Artists just two months before that storied firm’s demise , has added the Manchester Collective to his roster for North American management, bringing to five the … » Read

John Gilhooly is everywhere these days, running Wigmore Hall--the first venue in the world to meet the pandemic head on by streaming live concerts to an empty hall --and presiding over this week’s awards granted by the Royal Philharmonic … » Read

A study concluded by the University of Manchester, suggests that the U.K.’s break with the European Union (EU) in combination with the pandemic will lead to a two-year artistic hiatus during which the country’s cultural organizations … » Read

John Harris, a Berkeley-based writer and artist, and his eponymous foundation have donated a collection of 40 vintage guitars to the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM). Housed at the school on rotating display since 2012, the collection … » Read

Long Beach Opera is renowned for being at the forefront of innovation, its most recent triumph having been the world premiere of Anthony Davis’s The Central Park Five , which won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for music. The Southern California … » Read