The decision by Moody's Ratings to cut the long-term rating of the Metropolitan Opera Association to Caa1 from B3, taken in response to the company’s structural deficit and heavy endowment withdrawals, comes as no surprise. It follows … » Read

On March 23 eight associations representing preservationists and architects filed a law suit in federal district court against the Trump administration to halt the “renovation” of The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing … » Read

Donald Trump seems intent on leaving his mark on the nation’s capital city with a series of outsized, ornate structures that few have asked for, much less approved. The 47 th president, writes Philip Kennicott in the Washington Post , … » Read

A new study from the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy— Philanthropy Outlook: Estimating Effects on Charitable Giving from the One Big Beautiful Bill —offers an analysis of how specific tax policy changes in the … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — In a strongly worded decision last week, a federal judge ordered that the Voice of America — its mission to provide news for countries around the world largely shut down for the past year by the Trump administration … » Read

In 2026-27, its inaugural year without the Dudamel imprint, the Los Angeles Philharmonic is quick to announce his return for three programs, along with projects by his predecessor, the newly named Creative Director Esa-Pekka Salonen, plus … » Read

Next fall the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra and the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory will present a year-end "Exploring Russia" music festival in Shanghai as part of a three-year partnership. Chinese pianist Kong Xiangdong will serve as … » Read

Yannick Nézet-Séguin is a well-known advocate for the long overlooked Black female composer Florence Price. As music and artistic director of The Philadelphia Orchestra, he has featured her works in concert and in 2022 led the … » Read

CHICAGO—Of the many details in Johann Sebastian Bach’s obituary, the acknowledgment that the composer wrote three more passions than the surviving St. Matthew and St. John is among the most tantalizing. Initially catalogued among … » Read

Ivan Hewett, the classical music critic for The Daily Telegraph , doesn’t pull his punches when claiming that Spotify treats classical music lovers like “total morons.” And he marshals persuasive evidence with excerpts from … » Read