Conductor Gemma New has taken another step toward a major career, having signed with Primo Artists, management home to   Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell, and Nicola Benedetti, as well as a handful of others. The 32-year-old New Zealander … » Read

New York City will add a flashy new arts facility to its cultural landscape when The Shed opens on April 5. Designed by the creative team of Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Rockwell Group and sited on the Hudson Yards development on … » Read

A hologram musical performance may well be on the way to a concert hall near you. A few months ago a virtual likeness of Roy Orbison, dead since 1988, appeared in several North American venues to decidedly mixed reviews. Diva Maria Callas is also … » Read

Sarah Kane was one of the brightest of comets, a blazing talent who set the British theatrical firmament ablaze with five extraordinary and visceral plays written between 1995 and 1999. Though her debut, the scabrous and uncompromising Blasted , … » Read

According to London-based website Bachtrack ’s annual survey, the year 2018 saw nearly 20,000 concerts performed; 9,713 operas; and 3,297 dance performances. It’s not clear how far the numbers go beyond Europe and/or North America, … » Read

Pianist Evelina De Lain recently performed on a grand piano close to the top of the world. Playing 16,400 feet above sea level in the Singela Pass in the Himalayas, she withstood the cold and winds to perform the Concert in the Clouds, a … » Read

American conductor Michael Christie has been announced as the new music director of the New West Symphony, resident company of the Thousand Oaks (CA) Civic Arts Plaza. He was one of four finalists to succeed Marcello Lehninger, who left last year … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — Depression, rage, suicide: These are the dark ingredients of the last play written by Sarah Kane before she killed herself at age 28. Now an operatic version, as dazzling as it is disturbing, is having its U.S. premiere. … » Read

The Santa Fe Symphony and Chorus has hired Daniel Crupi [pictured], 29, to succeed Gregory W. Heltman as executive director. Heltman resigned last May, having founded the organization in 1984. Crupi, who starts in March, has been COO of the … » Read

Following the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra’s recent New Year’s Concert, the ensemble announced that Andris Nelsons had been tapped to lead the 2020 edition of the prestigious event. The concert, held at the Musikverein, is the last … » Read