A new fund created by the Verbier Festival will provide emergency support to solo, chamber, and orchestral instrumentalists; singers; conductors; and alumni Festival production and technical crews. Awards will be made without reference to a … » Read

Covid-19 has claimed another victim: The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) has been forced to furlough all of its musicians and 12 members of the administrative staff. “It is with great regret that we have no other option at this … » Read

We will be updating this list weekly. Please note that British Summer Time (BST) is currently five hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Time (ET) and Central European Time (CET) is currently six hours ahead. Central Daylight Time (CDT) is currently one … » Read

The effects of the coronavirus are being felt acutely throughout the classical recording business, impacting both major labels and independents.   Warner Classics postponed its April releases after the company’s warehouse in … » Read

An agreement brokered with five of the nation’s most prominent music publishers will enable high school musicians to complete their year-end assessments and classroom instruction without fear of violating copyright provisions. The National … » Read

The San Francisco Opera has been forced to cancel its entire summer season, 18 performances of three operas--Verdi’s Ernani , Handel’s Partenope , and Mason Bates and Mark Campbell’s The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs— … » Read

In late March, acclaimed violinist Jennifer Koh inaugurated Alone Together , an online commissioning project. With support from Koh’s artist-driven nonprofit ARCO Collaborative, 21 composers, most of whom occupy salaried positions, will … » Read

The Minnesota Orchestra has cancelled the remainder of its spring season, through June 15, and postponed its Summer at Orchestra Hall 2020 events by one year. At the same time, it is adding four weeks of concerts in August and September 2020, … » Read

The Los Angeles Opera, consistent with the county’s stay-at-home order extension to May 15, has cancelled its staging of Debussy's Pelléas and Mélisande , scheduled May 2 through 23, and its concert performance of … » Read

Edwin Outwater, a former resident conductor of the San Francisco Symphony, music director of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony in Ontario, CA, from 2007 to 2017, and curator of the San Francisco Sound Box series, is to be the new music director of … » Read