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Xian Zhang will be the first woman and person of color to lead the Seattle Symphony, and one of only two women leading a top-tier American orchestra. Xian Zhang, a [...]

Byline: Javier C. Hernández The orchestra faced criticism for canceling a performance by a pianist who spoke about the war. Now a top leader has departed and the ensemble has [...]

Seeking new audiences, Opera Philadelphia is putting in place a pay-what-you-can model, one of the first of its kind by a major opera company. In Philadelphia, a night at the [...]

The orchestra faced criticism for canceling a performance by a pianist who spoke about the war. Now a top leader has departed and the ensemble has opened an inquiry. The [...]

Seeking new audiences, Opera Philadelphia is putting in place a pay-what-you-can model, one of the first of its kind by a major opera company. In Philadelphia, a night at the [...]

The New Jersey Symphony, which long lacked a permanent space, will move into a 550-seat theater that it hopes to make a hub for concerts and classes. The New Jersey [...]

Sophia Loren, Kim Kardashian, Priscilla Presley and Jane Fonda were among the stars Richard Lugner enticed, and often paid, to appear at the Vienna Opera Ball. The Vienna Opera Ball, [...]

Byline: Javier C. Hernández and Graham Dickie As the tour boat in New York Harbor approached the Statue of Liberty, Miranda Marín, a 12-year-old violinist from Venezuela, turned to a [...]

Byline: Javier C. Hernández The star soprano, who lost work at American opera companies after Russia invaded Ukraine, will sing at a gala for Palm Beach Opera, her first American [...]

As the tour boat in New York Harbor approached the Statue of Liberty, Miranda Marín, a 12-year-old violinist from Venezuela, turned to a group of friends gathered near the bow [...]

Mariko Silver, a former president of Bennington College, will take the reins of the organization as it seeks to expand its audience and increase fund-raising. Mariko Silver, a prominent leader [...]

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the company's music director, will extend his contract and lead Wagner's four-opera epic, in a production staged by Yuval Sharon. Wagner's ''Ring'' cycle is a mammoth undertaking for [...]

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the company’s music director, will extend his contract and lead Wagner’s four-opera epic, in a production staged by Yuval Sharon. Wagner’s “Ring” cycle is a mammoth undertaking for [...]

John Mangum, who helped guide the Houston Symphony through the turmoil of the pandemic, will serve as the company's next general director. John Mangum, a veteran orchestra manager who helped […]

The star soprano, who lost work at American opera companies after Russia invaded Ukraine, will sing at a gala for Palm Beach Opera, her first American engagement since 2019. Since […]

John Eliot Gardiner is stepping down from three renowned period groups he founded, after he was accused of hitting a singer last year. John Eliot Gardiner, an eminent conductor who [...]

John Eliot Gardiner is stepping down from three renowned period groups he founded, after he was accused of hitting a singer last year. John Eliot Gardiner, an eminent conductor who [...]

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra had just finished performing Respighi's 'Pines of Rome' on a recent evening when the ensemble's new music director, Jonathon Heyward, returned to the stage at Joseph […]

Byline: Javier C. Hernández The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra had just finished performing Respighi's 'Pines of Rome' on a recent evening when the ensemble's new music director, Jonathon Heyward, returned to [...]

Byline: Javier C. Hernández Gary Ginstling, the orchestra's president and chief executive, is leaving after just a year on the job. Gary Ginstling, the New York Philharmonic's president and chief [...]

''The Ritual of Breath Is the Rite to Resist,'' part of Lincoln Center's summer festival, aims to shine light on police violence in the United States. In the middle of [...]

Gary Ginstling, the orchestra's president and chief executive, is leaving after just a year on the job. Gary Ginstling, the New York Philharmonic's president and chief executive, abruptly resigned on [...]

A new podcast explores an array of items from the 133-year-old hall's archive, like Ella Fitzgerald's glasses and an opening-night ticket. Ella Fitzgerald's glasses. Benny Goodman's clarinet. A ticket from [...]

A new podcast explores an array of items from the 133-year-old hall’s archive, like Ella Fitzgerald’s glasses and an opening-night ticket. Ella Fitzgerald’s glasses. Benny Goodman’s clarinet. A ticket from [...]

Byline: Javier C. Hernández Fifty years ago, Baryshnikov defected from the Soviet Union. He discusses that day, the war in Ukraine and the challenges facing Russian artists today. On the [...]

Fifty years ago, Baryshnikov defected from the Soviet Union. He discusses that day, the war in Ukraine and the challenges facing Russian artists today. On the night of June 29, [...]

Byline: Robin Pogrebin and Javier C. Hernández The struggles of one of the nation's finest orchestras show the difficulties facing classical music in the United States. For a night at [...]

The struggles of one of the nation's finest orchestras show the difficulties facing classical music in the United States. For a night at the symphony, there was a lot of [...]

''We have to really become creative about everything we do,'' said Jaffe, as the company works to address financial woes and carve a modern identity. The red carpet was rolled [...]

The Met is approaching prepandemic levels of attendance. But its strategy of staging more modern operas to lure new audiences is having mixed success. Four years after the coronavirus brought [...]

Byline: Javier C. Hernández 'We have to really become creative about everything we do,' said Jaffe, as the company works to address financial woes and carve a modern identity. The [...]

Byline: Javier C. Hernández The star pianist sat for a candid, occasionally tense interview in which she discussed creativity, the pandemic and why she doesn't conduct Beethoven. Mitsuko Uchida is [...]

The star pianist sat for a candid, occasionally tense interview in which she discussed creativity, the pandemic and why she doesn't conduct Beethoven. Mitsuko Uchida is one of the world's [...]

On a balmy spring morning, after a breakfast of coffee and plain yogurt at a luxury Manhattan hotel, Jaap van Zweden grabbed his bag of conducting batons and scores by [...]

Byline: Javier C. Hernández On a balmy spring morning, after a breakfast of coffee and plain yogurt at a luxury Manhattan hotel, Jaap van Zweden grabbed his bag of conducting [...]

The Dutch concert hall reversed course after facing criticism for canceling performances by the Israeli ensemble because of security concerns. The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, one of the world's most prestigious [...]

Hannigan, the rare artist to have a career as a soprano and a conductor, will assume a full-time conducting post for the first time. Barbara Hannigan, a daring singer and [...]

The Dutch concert hall reversed course after facing criticism for canceling performances by the Israeli ensemble because of security concerns. The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, one of the world’s most prestigious [...]

The mogul Barry Diller, who paid for the park, will finance a summer season of music, dance, theater and more, shaped in part by the Broadway producer Scott Rudin. Little [...]

Noltemy, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra's chief executive, will take the helm of the Philharmonic as it searches for its next music director. The Los Angeles Philharmonic's history of inventive programming [...]

The mogul Barry Diller, who paid for the park, will finance a summer season of music, dance, theater and more, shaped in part by the Broadway producer Scott Rudin. Little [...]

The composer and instrumentalist was honored for “Adagio (For Wadada Leo Smith),” an unconventional concerto written for saxophone and orchestra. Concertos are typically works meant to showcase dazzling virtuosity. But [...]

Matthew Muckey and Liang Wang said they were sidelined without cause by the New York Philharmonic after a recent magazine article detailed allegations of misconduct against them. Two New York [...]

Byline: Javier C. Hernández In 'Message in a Bottle,' a dance show opening at City Center, Sting's songbook helps tell the story of a family fleeing conflict. When the choreographer [...]

Noltemy, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s chief executive, will take the helm of the Philharmonic as it searches for its next music director. The Los Angeles Philharmonic’s history of inventive programming [...]

Matthew Muckey and Liang Wang said they were sidelined without cause by the New York Philharmonic after a recent magazine article detailed allegations of misconduct against them. Two New York [...]

He will begin a four-year term as the orchestra's music director in the 2025-26 season, succeeding Louis Langrée. The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, which has a history of attracting top conductors, [...]

In ''Message in a Bottle,'' a dance show opening at City Center, Sting's songbook helps tell the story of a family fleeing conflict. When the choreographer Kate Prince set out [...]

Our photographer followed 95 young musicians for six days as they prepared to perform with Dudamel, the next music director of the New York Philharmonic. The student musicians, dressed in [...]

Our photographer followed 95 young musicians for six days as they prepared to perform with Dudamel, the next music director of the New York Philharmonic. The student musicians, dressed in [...]