As the performing arts sector navigates ongoing economic, technological and societal shifts, 2025 promises both challenges and opportunities. Leaders are integrating AI, prioritising sustainability and ... Read more
Upcoming events May 2025
69th WFIMC General Assembly When: 25–29 June 2025, Harbin, China Hosted by the Alice and Eleonore Schoenfeld International String Competition, this international conference will be ... Read more
Six in Sixty Samuel Pott
Early bird or night owl? Burning the candle at both ends… sadly! One routine you swear by? Bicycling around Jersey City to clear my head. ... Read more
Classical Music signings May 2025
Centre Stage Artist Management has welcomed Nadezhda Karyazina for general management. The Russian-Swiss mezzo-soprano, who recently won the 2025 Herbert von Karajan Prize, opened her ... Read more
How easily we forget… or is it ignore?
Rebel in the arts By Grace Okereke “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new ... Read more
Manchester Classical puts collaboration centre stage
Manchester is once again set to prove its credentials as a premier European destination for classical music with the return of Manchester Classical, taking place ... Read more
A week with… Harriet Orbell
Monday I joined Aurora in September 2022, a week before our first performance as a new Resident Orchestra at the Southbank Centre with Berlioz’s Symphonie ... Read more
Competition results May 2025
Mezzo-soprano Ana Rita Coelho has won the Grand Prix Édige at the second edition of the Cascais Ópera International Vocal Competition in Portugal. Fellow mezzo-soprano ... Read more