Pianist Joyce Yang has described her journey through enforced quarantine as passage through the Five Stages of Grief from the Kübler-Ross Model: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance: She writes in her blog, "The loss of my … » Read

Inevitably, the Los Angeles Opera has postponed the four works it was to mount September 26- December 13, 2020, to the of fall 2021. Those 20 performances included the mainstage productions of Il Trovatore, Tannhäuser, and Cinderella and the … » Read

Bang on a Can (BOAC)’s virtuosic offspring, the Bang on a Can All-Stars, have a new member in Canadian cellist Arlen Hlusko; she succeeds Ashley Bathgate who left the group last season after ten years to pursue independent projects. Hlusko … » Read

Upon her death last January, Elaine Krown Klein, who with her husband Leo was a staunch supporter of the arts and music at UCLA, left $2.9mn to a scholarship fund. The fund, first established by the couple in 1986 and now valued at more than … » Read

On July 29 the NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund announced its final round of grants, bringing the fund’s total awarded to more than $110mn to 768 New York City-based social services and arts and cultural nonprofits . Launched in … » Read

As presenters attempt to sort through the glut of digital content generated by a music business in lockdown, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS) is offering an option well known to the worlds of radio and television: syndication. … » Read

Like the majority of its colleagues in the performing arts, Opera Philadelphia has been forced to revise its season, in this case using the term “reimagine” and announcing the launch of a new Opera Philadelphia Channel, which it … » Read

As COVID-19 cases in nearby Dallas reach 50,000, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra (FWSO) is proceeding with plans for live performances starting September 18. “We recognize that the COVID-19 pandemic is still here in Texas…. [so] we … » Read

Opera companies are apparently very busy using their imaginations. Among the latest to re-imagine its season, beyond Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and the Rossini Festival, is the Minnesota Opera. On September 24 and 26, it will trade its usual … » Read

The 2020 edition of the Rossini Opera Festival, recalibrated in response to the pandemic, will kick off on Aug. 6 with a performance of the Petite messe solennelle , dedicated to the memory of the victims of Covid-19, in the Piazza del Popolo. … » Read