The award-winning Los Angeles Children’s Chorus (LACC) has announced the receipt of $2,040,000 from the Perenchio Foundation, the largest grant in the organization’s history. Described as a 2026 General Operating Support Grant, it … » Read

A D.C. superior court judge has ruled that the Kennedy Center must pay Chuck Redd $252,000 in legal fees and costs after the organization unsuccessfully pursued a lawsuit against him. The Kennedy Center—or the Trump Kennedy Center as it was … » Read

SALZBURG—More than 200 gold statuettes of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart have been stolen from an exhibition in the composer's hometown celebrating his 270th birthday. Salzburg’s Mozarteum Foundation unveiled 320 of the tiny figures, … » Read

Global streaming giant Spotify has responded to the ongoing industry and consumer backlash against the proliferation of AI-related content by announcing that it will begin tagging AI-generated artists as “AI Personas”. Its aim is thus … » Read

SEATTLE—When Xian Zhang returns for her second season as music director of the Seattle Symphony in September, she will do so amid conspicuous change. Jeremy S. Rothman will be newly installed as president and CEO, the renovated public … » Read

The board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts voted on Thursday to inscribe President Trump’s name on the building, according to two people with direct knowledge of the proceedings who spoke to The New York Times . The … » Read

SANTA FE—Seeing all five of Santa Fe Opera’s summer productions in close succession during the first week of August made one of the open-air theater’s peculiarities especially vivid: its magic is inseparable from its … » Read

The orchestra conductor is the only one on the concert stage who doesn’t make a sound. Why is he (or she) there? Writing in The Atlantic , Matthew Aucoin argues that the appearance of today’s familiar podium occupant is a mid-19 th … » Read

The Polish-born Danish violinist and pedagogue Henryk P. Kowalski died on August 11, 2026, at a Stockholm hospital. He was 78. A soloist, chamber musician and influential teacher, Kowalski was professor of violin at the Indiana University School … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco Opera has announced Jack Swanson as the winner of the 2025–26 Season Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Emerging Stars Competition. The American tenor made his house debut as Count Almaviva in the … » Read