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Carnegie Hall Strike Ends as Stagehands Accept Labor Deal
Stagehands on strike at Carnegie Hall voted on Friday to accept a proposed labor agreement, effectively ending the two-day strike that forced Carnegie Hall to cancel its opening night gala. -
READ: Aaron Jay Kernis Resigns as Director of the Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute
Composer Aaron Jay Kernis resigned on Tuesday after 15 years as the director of the Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute. -
Osmo Vänskä Conducting Farewell Concerts with Minnesota Orchestra Musicians
Although he resigned as music director on October 1, Osmo Vänskä will lead the musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra one more time (in two concerts) scheduled for this Friday and Saturday. -
Weimar-Jerusalem Project's Young Symphonic Orchestra Re-Building Bridges Between Germany and Israel
The Young Symphonic Orchestra, made up of musicians from the Weimar High School of Music and the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, will perform in Jerusalem on October 3. -
Carnegie Hall Stagehand Strike Forces Cancellation of Opening Night Gala
Hours before Carnegie Hall's opening night gala was scheduled to begin, Carnegie Hall stagehands went on strike--forcing the venue's management to cancel the event. The centerpiece of the evening was to have been a Philadelphia Orchestra... -
Contemporary Music, Art and Architecture Converge at St. Louis Symphony's Pulitzer Series
The St. Louis Symphony's innovative Pulitzer Concert Series continues this year with more chamber music concerts at the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts... -
New York City Opera Shutting Its Doors After 70 Years
In a tragedy worthy of opera itself, the New York City Opera has breathed its last. -
Blind Mezzo-Soprano Laurie Rubin Will Première Bruce Adolphe’s ‘Do You Dream in Color?’ with Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra will present the U.S. première of Bruce Adolphe’s 'Do You Dream In Color?' Blind mezzo-soprano Laurie Rubin will sing this work with the LACO on October 19 and 20... -
100 German Orchestras Strike to Protest Orchestra Shutdowns, Stagnant Pay
More than 100 orchestras across Germany went on a 24-hour strike on Monday. They are protesting the recent closure of a number of orchestras across Germany, most recently the shuttering of radio orchestras in the southwest... -
Open House Chicago Offers Live Music Inspired by the City's Architecture
Musicians from Access Contemporary Music will perform music written expressly for several venues on the Open House Chicago tour, October 19-20... -
Hyde Park Jazz Festival Showcases the Breadth of Chicago Jazz Talent
The seventh annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival takes place this weekend with a schedule of free events at venues in Chicago... -
A Leisurely Performance of John Cage’s 'ASLSP' Lasts for 12 Years...and Still Counting
A performance of 'ASLSP' began on September 5, 2001, John Cage’s 89th birthday, and is scheduled to last for 639 years. The next chord change will happen on October 5, 2013... -
Opera Composers Look to Best-Selling Books, Popular Movies for Inspiration
A list of opera premières scheduled over the next few years reads like a list of best-selling books or popular movies: 'Brokeback Mountain,' 'Dolores Claiborne,' 'Cold Mountain,' 'The Shining,' 'The Manchurian Candidate.' -
Improv Everywhere’s Pop-Up Concerts Bring Joy, Absurdity to the Streets of New York
Improv Everywhere describes itself as "a New York City-based prank collective that causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places." -
Will Putin, Gergiev, Netrebko Respond to Pussy Riot's Nadezhda Tolokonnikova Solitary Confinement and “Conditions of Slavery?"
Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova was moved to solitary confinement today, a day after she began a hunger strike to protest the inhuman conditions at the penal colony where she is imprisoned. Prison authorities said they were...
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