On April 17 the California legislature announced forthcoming changes to Assembly Bill 5 (AB5), which took effect on Jan. 1, 2020. Intended to protect the rights of gig workers, the law came in for harsh criticism because it curtailed the ability … » Read

Music Academy of the West has sidestepped the use of the word “postponed” to characterize its scheduled June 15 opening by rebranding and repurposing its first four weeks as the “new Music Academy Remote Learning … » Read

The Lucerne Festival Academy has appointed a new managing director. He is Felix Heri, 34, current managing director of the Basel Sinfonietta; he starts on June 1, succeeding Dominik Deuber and reporting to Lucerne Festival Executive and Artistic … » Read

As the Corona virus continues hurtling down its path of destruction, two key festivals have just announced that they cannot take place this summer. The International Keyboard Institute and Festival, scheduled to run July 12-26 in NYC, has been … » Read

You have spent all year planning an event and now, just weeks before it is to begin, you can’t be sure it will even happen. That’s the dilemma facing almost everyone involved in the summer season of music festivals and concerts in the … » Read

New York City Ballet will be offering its spring season—scheduled to open tonight at the David H. Koch Theater—online. For the next six weeks, it will stream previously recorded live performances on Tuesday and Friday evenings at 8 … » Read

American conductor Aram Demirjian, 33, current music director of the Knoxville (TN) Symphony Orchestra, has been awarded the annual $30,000 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award, the largest American prize to a rising maestro of 38 years or younger. … » Read

Westminster Choir College’s  battle to maintain its independence from Rider University and remain on its Princeton campus must not be going well. Joe Miller, the school’s director of choral activities and conductor of both the … » Read

Even in the best of times, life as a string quartet is no bed of roses. The travel can seem incessant, the fees are hardly generous, and members must often rely on free-lance gigs to stay afloat. When a pandemic leads to the wholesale … » Read

Thank goodness for local officials who believe in science. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti [pictured] has said that sporting events and concerts may not resume until 2021. "I think we all have never wanted science to work so quickly," he told … » Read