Donald Trump, no fan of the arts, is unwittingly helping to preserve one of China’s threatened cultural treasures—the Cantonese opera. Trump on Show , a new opera by Edward Li Kui-ming, played to packed houses during a recent … » Read

Justin Brown, current manager of concert operations for the New York Philharmonic, has been appointed VP and general manager of the Aspen Music Festival and School. He starts June 20, succeeding Keith Elder, recently named executive director of … » Read

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra plans to donate the proceeds of an upcoming concert in Berlin to the reconstruction of Notre Dame Cathedral. The Paris landmark was badly damaged in a fire on Monday. Berlin Cathedral, which is hosting the May 2 … » Read

James Higdon, the Dane and Polly Bales Professor of Organ at the University of Kansas School of Music, has an update on the status of Les Grandes Orgues (the Grand Organ) of the Notre Dame Cathedral. Higdon has given five recitals on the organ, … » Read

Not yet two weeks after announcing its 2019-20 season , the English National Opera has announced the departure of Artistic Director Daniel Kramer. This marked his first administrative position , and he stayed in it just three years. He will leave … » Read

LOS ANGELES--Local audiences know what to expect when they show up to hear Esa-Pekka Salonen conduct The Rite of Spring with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. They expect a wild good time, an orchestral spectacle, a whomping cataclysm of sound. … » Read

Things are not looking good at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Last night the CSO Association (CSOA) issued a statement that a negotiating session on Tuesday had come to an impasse and that no further negotiations are scheduled. The statement: … » Read

Visa problems, apparently combined with rehearsal schedule conflicts, will keep Myung-Whun Chung from guest conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra’s subscription concerts on April 25-27. In a bit of luxury subbing, Music Director Yannick … » Read

PARIS — Firefighters declared success Tuesday morning in an over 12-hour battle to extinguish an inferno engulfing Paris’ iconic Notre Dame cathedral that claimed its spire and roof but spared its bell towers. What remained was a … » Read

Over the next 50 years, tens of trillions of dollars will pass from one generation to the next. How much will find its ways to cultural institutions is a question engaging nonprofit leaders intent on sustaining their organizations. In 2018 the … » Read