BRUSSELS—There is plenty of visual business to divert the eye in La Monnaie’s abstract new staging of Tristan und Isolde , most of it slow-moving and much of it puzzling. While a touch of mystery is no bad thing—scenic realism … » Read

The increased competition to capture their audiences’ attention has led performing arts organizations to embrace a number of innovative strategies. The Utah Opera is hoping that enlisting a coterie of social media influencers would pique … » Read

Steinway & Sons has unveiled the Lang Lang Black Diamond (LLBD) grand piano, said to be “designed” by its namesake, and sure to be a best seller in his native country, which already accounts for one quarter of Steinway’s … » Read

CHICAGO--All may not be right with the world, but a little bit of heaven prevailed Saturday night at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s concert downtown in Symphony Center. It was the orchestra’s first weekend of subscription … » Read

LOS ANGELES—Louis Andriessen has been a frequent presence at the Los Angeles Philharmonic ever since his hammering, at times grating signature textures for winds, brass, or keyboards blasted through Walt Disney Concert Hall during … » Read

Chad Herzog, co-executive director and programmer of the International Festival of Arts and Ideas, is to become executive director of UA Presents, the presenting organization of the University of Arizona. He succeeds Chuck Tennes, who stepped … » Read

Members of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra have elected the ensemble’s first non-Finnish chief conductor: As of fall 2021, British maestro Nicholas Collon is to succeed Hannu Lintu, in the job since 2013. The orchestra, whose origins … » Read

As if to complement the Dallas Opera’s annual Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors, the Dallas Symphony has announced the schedule for its inaugural Women in Classical Music Symposium, scheduled for November 6-9, 2019 and … » Read

The Chicago Symphony  musicians’ strike lasted seven weeks, but in fact negotiations had been ongoing for months, the contract having expired last September. Federal negotiators got involved during the strike, but even they … » Read

Michael Tilson Thomas’s stint as one of this year’s Carnegie Hall Perspectives artists has already given New Yorkers the chance to hear this irrepressible and eclectic conductor at the helm of the Vienna Philharmonic. May 1 was the … » Read