Sphinx and the U.K.-based  Chineke! Foundation, two organizations devoted to increasing opportunities for minority and ethnic performers in classical music, are creating “Music Across the Ocean.” This transatlantic partnership … » 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

The Curtis Institute has established a relief fund for its alumni. The Emergency Relief for Curtis Alumni (ERCA), which currently holds $500,000, much of it from trustees Nina and Lupo von Maltzahn, will provide grants of up … » Read

MOSCOW--With Peter Gelb predicting that a fall season for the Met Opera is unlikely, Bolshoi Theater General Director Vladimir Urin is optimistic that the virus lockdown under which his troupe--indeed, his country--is constrained at the moment … » Read

The pandemic notwithstanding, the 41 st edition of the Rossini Opera Festival [ROF]will proceed August 8 to 20 in Pesaro, Italy. “We have never given up” says the ROF’s President Daniele Vimini, “and in these past weeks … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s earned $392,152 during his first portion of his first season as the Metropolitan Opera’s music director, about a quarter of what James Levine earned in his last full season as … » Read

The Boston Symphony Orchestra has finally announced its plans for the 2020 Tanglewood Festival, June 19-August. The constrictions of the pandemic have left no choice but to cancel, at an estimated total loss to the BSO, inclusive of cancelled … » Read

In a move described locally as largely political, Austria’s Culture Minister has resigned under pressure from festivals and orchestras to let them re-open, especially since shops and some museums have been permitted to do so. The government … » Read

Leaders of eight Austrian orchestras have made their case for resuming orchestral performances in a letter to Austrian Culture Secretary Ulrike Lunacek. Classical concerts are important, they argue, both for economic reasons and for the proven … » Read

“I am confident that in September we can start again.” So says Riccardo Muti of concerts with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Management should start planning for it now, he continues; if things are not back to normal, split the … » Read