The Lyric Opera of Chicago, its season already essentially cancelled after it had to forego its complete Ring cycles this spring, is taking a different tack for the remaining events of fiscal 2019-20 and declaring them “postponed.” … » Read

Cancelled for the season Charlotte (NC) Symphony Cincinnati Symphony and Pops The Cleveland Orchestra Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra New World Symphony The New York Philharmonic New York Youth Symphony North Carolina Symphony Phoenix Symphony … » Read

There was a time when someone lauding classical music for its “relaxing” qualities would have been taken to task by the cognoscenti. The genre, explains the new music critic at The Washington Post , was to stimulate the intellect, not … » Read

In recent years the Philadelphia Orchestra has steered through turbulent financial waters. As the worldwide pandemic exerts new financial pressures, the organization is coming together to help counter this new threat.  As of April 1, the … » Read

The Aspen Music Festival and School is postponing its opening by two weeks and shortening its season from eight weeks to six. Scheduled to launch July 2, it will now begin July 16, with programming changes to be announced at a later date. The two … » Read

Kennedy Center President Deborah Rutter announced a new round of personnel cuts on Tuesday, furloughing 250 staffers in the Center’s marketing, development, and education departments as well as administrators at the National Symphony … » Read

It’s rare to see a work that genuinely challenges the form and opens a window onto what a genre might become, but Philip Venables’s Denis & Katya at Philadelphia Opera’s O19 Festival was the most brilliantly original … » Read

Most opera companies have been forced to cancel the remainder of their seasons due to COVID-19. Those listed below have alerted the public. Opera Companies Atlanta Opera Boston Lyric Opera Canadian Opera Company Chicago Opera Theater Dallas Opera … » Read

Judy Drucker, credited with bringing classical music to South Florida, died Monday in Miami at age 91 of complications from Alzheimer’s. Drucker founded the Concert Association of Florida in 1967 and remained at its helm for 40 years, … » Read

Kenneth Wentworth, founder and chairman of the artist management firm Jonathan Wentworth Associates, Ltd., named for his son, died on March 22 in Washington, D.C. He was 92. A pianist who studied under Irwin Freundlich at the Julliard School, he … » Read