Leonard Bernstein News

The Boston Symphony Orchestra will perform Philip Glass' new Symphony No. 15, Lincoln on Sunday, July 5 at 2:30 p.m. at Tanglewood, capping off the summer music festival's monumental four-day celebration of America's 250th anniversary.

Maya Hawke has set the release of fourth album, Maitreya Corso, which will be released on Mom + Pop on May 1st. The news comes with the first track taken from the album, “Devil You Know.” Listen to it now.

Diamond Head Theatre stages the Tony-winning musical WEST SIDE STORY, exploring themes of love and conflict in 1950s New York, from March 13 to April 5, 2026.

Featuring more than 35 classical performances covering a wide range of eras and four family concerts, the Nashville Symphony has announced its 2026/27 classical and family season.

North Texas Performing Arts has unveiled its 2026 season for NTPA Repertory Theatre, featuring four productions ranging from Broadway classics to contemporary favorites.

The National Youth Orchestra will present a unique version of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at free school concerts in Blackpool and Bolton, celebrating the musical's 40th anniversary with performances exclusively arranged by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Washington National Opera General Director Timothy O'Leary discusses the company's transition, community support, rebuilding operations, and future plans, including upcoming productions of TREEMONISHA, THE CRUCIBLE, and WEST SIDE STORY.

The LA Phil has revealed the 2026 Hollywood Bowl summer season with performances at the world-renowned amphitheater in the Hollywood Hills from June to September 2026.

The Colorado Music Festival will mark its 50th anniversary with a season featuring world premieres and performances by renowned artists like Yuja Wang.

Read a conversation with The Orchestra of St. Luke’s President and Executive Director James Roe about highlights of their 2026 season, how to support OSL, and how parents can get their kids involved in the Youth Orchestra of St. Luke's (YOSL).

Washington National Opera has revealed new venues and dates for its production of Bernstein's West Side Story, which will star Ryan McCartan and Shereen Pimentel.

Wolf Trap will present a diverse lineup of classical music and opera performances for its 2026 summer season, featuring renowned global artists and ensembles.

MidAmerica Productions will present its 43rd concert season at Carnegie Hall, featuring 11 world premieres and a mix of sacred and secular music from March to June 2026.

Composer Jessie Montgomery will launch international tour for her new cello concerto, These Righetous Paths, featuring cellist Abel Selaocoe. The tour, co-commissioned by multiple global orchestras, will premiere in Berlin.

Musically and dramatically, THE OUTSIDERS plays like a top-notch chamber version of WEST SIDE STORY: less-heated animosities between the gangs, no symphonic aspirations to the music, and no hormones - none of these Greaser dudes has a girl! But when the music, the jagged choreography, and the special effects get cranked up, the fanaticism of the pre-sold audience is irresistibly contagious.

Jaha Ling led the San Diego Symphony’s first performance of Mahler’s seventh symphony in 2014, more than a century after the orchestra was founded. He called it “the most modern of all Mahler symphonies.” Many critics have made similar judgements, the more conservative among them meant it as a pejorative, others as a compliment. Schoenberg and Berg admired the score. But the respected classical music site Bachtrack said, “Maestro Ling deserves kudos for being brave enough to program it.” The confused reaction to the seventh is one of the reasons it has always been the least performed of Mahler’s nine completed symphonies. Conservative listeners complain it lacks the composer’s usual use of classical forms and developments, others that its movements seem structurally unrelated and unexpected key changes hurt the music’s flow. It doesn't help that a typical performance runs for 80 minutes and calls for more than 100 musicians and several instruments seldom used by symphony orchestras including cow bells. In the Orchestra’s second take on the work, Conductor Rafael Payare physically mirrored my own reactions with acrobatics that may make him a favorite in any Olympic event for conductor-podium gymnastics.

Christopher Koelsch, the Sebastian Paul and Marybelle Musco President and CEO of LA Opera, has announced details for the company's 2026/27 season, which will launch on October 17, 2026.

New York City Center will present two new visual art installations, 'Wonderful Town' by Angel Abreu and another by Mark Seliger, featuring collaborations with local students.

Tanglewood has revealed the details of its 2026 season, opening in late June and continuing to Labor Day weekend. The schedule brings many of the world’s most exciting musicians to the beautiful Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts.

The Philadelphia Orchestra and Music and Artistic Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin have unveiled the 2026–27 season—Nézet-Séguin’s 15th as music and artistic director—full of epic musical events, bold artistic experiences, and new musical journeys.