A report posted in full on the Curtis Institute of Music website details decades of sexual abuse, as initially unveiled about 15 months ago by violinist Lara St. John. The report fully corroborates St. John’s claims that, in 1985-86, as a … » Read

The Metropolitan Opera may have set a precedent for New York City’s performing arts organizations today, by announcing the complete cancellation of the 2020-21 season. Simultaneously, it has announced some ambitious and very politically … » Read

Witnessing a recent resurgence in Covid-19 cases, Austrian officials have cancelled the annual Opera Ball, scheduled for February 2021. "This decision was not an easy one for us," Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) told the Austrian Press … » Read

Back in March when the repercussions of the pandemic began to become apparent and lockdown became rule of law, event planners everywhere adopted one or two of three strategies: reschedule, move online, or cancel. Most chose option one and/or two. … » Read

The pandemic’s impact on the U.K. music industry is so devastating that one third of British musicians are considering giving up their careers. A survey of 2,000 members of the Musicians’ Union also found that half are currently … » Read

The 2020 Bayreuth Festival was cancelled, due to the pandemic, but things are looking up for next summer. For one, Katharina Wagner returned to the helm on September 21, apparently recovered from what sounds like a very serious illness, as DW … » Read

The story of the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles and its founder, artistic director and longtime conductor Charles Dickerson III, a  Musical America Top 30 for 2019, will become a live action feature film from Disney. Founded in … » Read

In honor of voter registration day, pianist and arts activist Lara Downes has assembled a group of colleagues to record, individually, Leonard Bernstein’s “Take Care of This House,” from his musical 1600 Pennsylvania … » Read

On Sept. 19 the English National Opera (ENO) presented Europe’s first live, drive-in opera. A parking garage at London’s Alexandra Palace is the venue for an eight-day run of 12 performances of a 90-minute version of Puccini’s … » Read

The Indianapolis-based American Pianists Association, which holds alternating jazz and classical piano competitions every two years, said on Tuesday that its longtime president and CEO, Joel Harrison, will retire on June 30, 2021. Harrison has … » Read