As Americans confront the twin challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and a long overdue reckoning with the inequities bred by racism, musicians are using their gifts to call for change and offer healing to those in need. Nothing better … » Read

When it came to closing opera houses and concert halls, the impact of COVID-19 was devastatingly abrupt. On the other hand, with months of material in the can, the recording industry has been less immediately affected, although there might be a … » Read

Berlin-based conductor Tung-Chieh Chuang is to be the new music director of Germany’s Bochum Symphony Orchestra and director of the Anneliese Brost Musikforum Ruhr as of the 2021/2022 season.  He succeeds Steven Sloan who is to take … » Read

The last several months have brought many Americans face to face with death in a compelling fashion. Whether losing a loved one to Covid19 or witnessing the callous murder of George Floyd, we have been made to confront an inevitability that we … » Read

We will be updating this list weekly. Please note that all times are given 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 … » Read

Piano professor Eleanor Sokoloff, a member of the Curtis Institute faculty longer than any other, died on July 12. She was 106. She was still teaching last year and intended to start again this fall, with or without the pandemic. She arrived at … » Read

Taking a page from the artistic and technological success of its Online Gala, said to have broadened its donor reach by 30,000, the Metropolitan Opera has announced a new, live concert series featuring some of its top artists. The especially good … » Read

Returning to La Scala in the age of pandemic offers a new experience. “The usual throng,” notes Gramilano , “was replaced by a slow trickle of spectators.” Audience members entering specified doors “were confronted … » Read

Lilian Barbash, often called Long Island’s first lady of the arts, died on July 4 at her home in Brightwaters, NY. She was 92 and suffered from heart disease. She and her late husband Maurice, a real estate developer, were among the … » Read

Jeffrey P. Haydon, CEO of the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, is to be the next president of the Ravinia Festival as of September. He succeeds Welz Kauffman, who announced his resignation last October, after 20 years in the job. Prior to … » Read