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 April 2025
ISPA 2025 Lugano Congress When: 10–13 June 2025, Lugano, Switzerland ISPA’s mid-year congress “Art and Social Political Change”, explores how the arts promote wellbeing, address ... Read more
Tongyeong International Music Festival
From sleepy port to musical mecca: How Tongyeong became an Asian hub for contemporary music As South Korea’s Tongyeong International Music Festival celebrates over two ... Read more
Harbin makes history as first Chinese host of WFIMC General Assembly
This year’s General Assembly of the World Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC) will take place in the northern Chinese city of Harbin from 25 ... Read more
Six in Sixty Alicia Adams
Early bird or night owl? Early bird. One routine you swear by? Swimming and doing Gyrotonics two or three times a week. Can’t travel without…? ... Read more
Musical Chairs: April 2025
Pass the baton Australian conductor Daniel Carter has been appointed Music Director of the Deutsches Nationaltheater and Staatskapelle Weimar from the beginning of the 2025-26 ... Read more
International gains
Rebel in the arts By Grace Okereke I often write about the value I see in working internationally and explain why I focus on international ... Read more
Lyric Opera of Chicago receives $25 million giftfrom Penelope Steiner
Lyric Opera of Chicago has announced a record-breaking, unrestricted gift of $25 million from Vice Chair of its Board of Directors, Penelope Steiner, making thisone ... Read more