The Chicago-based Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation is expediting payment of $2m in general operating support to 175 small arts and cultural organizations in the Chicago region and 40 in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. Chicago … » Read

The Boston Symphony Orchestra has cancelled its entire Boston Pops season, scheduled to run May 16–June 13 and programmed to celebrate conductor Keith Lockhart’s 25 th -anniversary. This marks the second time the season has been … » Read

We will update this list weekly. Please contact editor@musicalamerica.com with any updates. This list is current as of April 8, 2020. New entries are marked with a (+).     Festivals Cancelled American Dance Festival Bach Choir of … » Read

+ Connotes new entry as of April 13. We will be updating this list weekly. Please note that Central European Time (CET) is currently six hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Time. Contact editor@musicalamerica.com .   Wednesday, April 8 Noon CET: … » Read

A federal judge in Los Angeles has dismissed a 2019 suit against Universal Music Group (UMG) for the loss of over 100,000 audio recordings in a 2008 warehouse fire in Hollywood. The artists whose work was destroyed represent a who’s who of … » Read

MILAN--The Italian government has declared all theaters, cinemas and museums remain closed due to Covid-19 until April 13 and surely into May. When the stay-at-home ruling was first passed a month ago, Dario Franceschini, the Culture Minister, … » Read

Since its founding in 1945, the MAV Orchestra in Budapest has taken classical music on the road, literally traveling by rail to small towns throughout Hungary to perform. In the face of the coronavirus pandemic, its players are giving a new … » Read

Hope for the dissipation of the coronavirus continues to fade, as orchestras and opera companies announce the cancellations of their subscription series. Festivals, too, are beginning to follow suit. Among them is the Opera Theater of St. Louis, … » Read

The Indianapolis Symphony, whose performances have been cancelled through May 27, has  placed its musicians and stagehands on unpaid furlough and laid off about half of its administrative staff. Healthcare coverage will continue through May. … » Read

Score One for the musicians of the National Symphony Orchestra musicians, the first group of employees to be furloughed by Kennedy Center on the very day the CARES Act was signed. A statement received from Edgardo Malaga Jr., President of the … » Read