Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s path to the Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s Day concert started when he replaced a banned Russian conductor at New York’s Carnegie Hall in 2022 with the help of a pianist who traveled … » Read

The slowly disappearing San Antonio Philharmonic, which recently axed its Holiday Pops programs , has also been forced to cancel the Jan. 16 and 17 performances of the Classics 5 program featuring Katherine Balch’s 2023 work Musica Pyralis … » Read

When “The Egg,” the brutalist concrete oval that dominates the Albany skyline, opened in 1978, it was intended to serve as a general-purpose auditorium for government meetings—hence its original name, The Meeting Place. Inspired … » Read

Once DT slapped his name on the Kennedy Center, what had been a trickle of cancellations after his self-appointed board  voted him chairman last Februrary, turned into a flood. First, folk singer Kristy Lee announced she had canceled a … » Read

LONDON—Two years ago, Joseph Horowitz published his first novel, The Marriage , a fictionalized account of Gustav Mahler’s annual American sojourns between 1907 and 1911. An attempt to explain why such a fêted European conductor … » Read

For many years, scientists have studied musicians to understand how intense, long-term practice changes the brain and behavior. Now research from a massive new international study is offering a more in-depth look at the memory advantages … » Read

In the wake of Margaret Hodges’ scathing review of Arts Council England , Martin Kettle, a columnist at The Guardian , has stepped forward to argue in favor of a much more aggressive role in supporting the arts by the national government. … » Read

An historic theater in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol has opened its doors more than three years after it was pummeled in a Russian airstrike that killed hundreds of civilians sheltering inside. Moscow-installed authorities … » Read

The upcoming 2026 PROTOTYPE Festival, January 7–18, will mark the 20 th anniversary of its umbrella organization, Beth Morrison Projects (BMP). Named for its founder and president [left], BMP has premiered over 50 operas and music-theater … » Read

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (VSO) is facing growing public pressure to drop any legal action against violinist Esther Hwang for violating a 2019 non-disclosure agreement (NDA). Nearly 10,000 people have  signed a public petition … » Read