Responding to pressure from the media and its locked-out musicians, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has released the details of its official audit of fiscal 2018. As the orchestra itself pointed out earlier this week , the future looks … » Read

The Seattle Opera (SO) has taken a step to ensure that issues of race and gender inform its programming by appointing its first Scholar-in-Residence. Naomi André is a trained singer with a PhD in musicology from Harvard and currently a … » Read

In Venezuela to speak out against the Maduro government is to risk immediate incarceration, as a young musician discovered in June. After being dismissed from the National Philharmonic, 25-year-old clarinetist Karen Palacios fired off an angry … » Read

MILAN--As previously reported , Fabio Luisi has resigned as music director of Florence's Maggio Musicale, due to the power struggle over exiting Intendant Cristiano Chiarot (who hired Luisi in 2018), Florence Mayor Dario Nardella, and … » Read

MILAN--Fabio Luisi has resigned as music director of Florence’s Maggio Musicale. His announcement today comes on the heels of a behind-the-scenes power struggle over Cristiano Chiarot’s departure as the theater’s intendant. … » Read

As the Baltimore Symphony struggles to balance its books and locks out its musicians for the summer, another Washington, D.C., orchestra, albeit smaller, has announced its intention to shut down after 36 years, for lack of funds. The National … » Read

As the Trump administration all but shuts the doors of the U.S. to immigrants, it appears to be getting equally zealous about granting visas to “foreign” talent, even that considered of “extraordinary ability” by United … » Read

The Edinburgh Festival—Scotland’s official international arts gathering combined with a vast fringe of amateur and professional shows—presents around 59,000 performances in 330 venues over 25 days in August. Viewed as a whole, … » Read

Jack Viertel is to step down as artistic director of the New York City Center Encores! series at the end of the 2020 season. It will be his 20 th in the role, although he has been involved in an advisory capacity since its inception in 1994. He … » Read

Robert Schumann’s place in the firmament of 19 th -century composers is secure. The other Schumann—his wife—should be there, too. This year marks the bicentennial of Clara Wieck’s birth. As a pianist, she was a child … » Read