WASHINGTON, DC CLASSICAL MUSIC NEWS COVERAGE

Folger Consort opens its 2024/25 season in September with a performance of early Italian music, showcasing compositions from the medieval and Renaissance periods....

On Thursday, September 12, 2024 at 7:30pm, Vocal Arts DC will present GRAMMY Award-winning baritone Lucas Meachem alongside accomplished pianist Irina Meachem in a season-opening recital at the Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater in Washington DC. ...

It was a one-two punch to fans of David Bowie in early 2016 when the rock star was suddenly pronounced dead and two days later, on what would have been his 69th birthday, released his final album, “Blackstar,” a preordained farewell addressing his demise....

The Cincinnati Youth Choir, Young Naperville Singers and the Allegro Choirs of Kansas City will travel across the country this summer to present Songs from the Heartland: Youth Supporting UNICEF USA on June 13 at 7:30 p.m. at National Presbyterian Church. ...

Incredibly rich in detail --from staging to technical aspects-- and emboldened with Puccini’s soaring music and meticulous, intelligent direction by Francesca Zambello, Washington National Opera’s production of Turandot is a production for the ages. ...

On Saturday, April 20, 2024, PASO brought their program, Todo Tango, an intimate and fiery evening of tango to the Kennedy Center. ...

Today’s subject Katherine Goforth is someone who can definitely be called a breakthrough artist to be sure. She is the inaugural recipient of Washington National Opera’s True Voice Award for transgender and non-binary singers. She will be making her Kennedy Center debut on May first at 6:00pm with a...

Shakespeare Theatre Company's final show this season is Mary Zimmerman's The Matchbox Magic Flute. Watch as adapter and director Mary Zimmerman describes what makes The Matchbox Magic Flute a unique operatic experience. ...

Kathy Judd is stepping down as Executive and Artistic Director at Washington Conservatory of Music after 25 years....

The National Symphony Orchestra has unveiled its 2024–2025 season. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets....

There’s an awful lot of death in opera, Timothy O’Leary, the general director of Washington National Opera, lamented on a recent opening night. And those plentiful tragedies are also often further burdened with overbearing scores, turgid storylines, super-large casts and strident if not shrill perfo...

Sejong Soloists will present the first biennial Sejong Here & Now Festival at Carnegie Hall. See more details and learn how to purchase tickets....

Check out the new video of Ramin Karimloo's operatic debut in Washington National Opera's Songbird opposite Isabel Leonard, one of America’s leading mezzo-sopranos....

The National Chamber Ensemble will present Diverse Romantic Visions: Florence Price and Brahms, Saturday, March 23, 2024, at Gunston Arts Center, Theatre 1. Learn more about the concert here!...

Audra McDonald has (at least) four voices--Broadway, jazz, opera, blues--not to mention six Tonys. She brought them all (the voices, not the awards) to her two hour concert with the National Symphony Pops which repeats Wednesday evening, January 31. ...

Joined by the National Symphony Orchestra, world-renowned tenor Anthony Kearns will sing the tenor role in 'You Raise Me Up - The Songs and Stories of Brendan Graham' at the National Concert Hall in Dublin....

Sparkling, colossal, and virtuosic—this is how internationally acclaimed pianist Brian Ganz describes the music in his upcoming recital, “Chopin the Virtuoso,” at The Music Center at Strathmore at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024....

From February 16–28, 2024, Noseda leads his first international tour with the NSO; the orchestra’s first multi-city European tour since 2016.  The NSO will visit some of Europe’s most important concert halls performing for audiences in Spain, Germany, and Italy, joined by soloists pianist Seong-Jin ...

Washington National Opera will present the 11th season of American Opera Initiative (AOI), an acclaimed initiative to commission and present new American operas, on January 19, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. in the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater. T...

The Rhode Island Philharmonic has named Robert Spano as its new Principal Conductor....

Washington Conservatory of Music has announced a new partnership with the Friday Morning Music Club Foundation to present string competition winners of the 2022 Washington International Competition....

PostClassical Ensemble welcomes 2024 with a celestial ambiance in their annual new year concert, featuring works by George Walker, Gustav Mahler, Margaret Bonds, Luciano Berio, and Jeffrey Mumford. Join the orchestra, chorus, and soloists in singing 'Amazing Grace.'...

Don't miss the beloved holiday tradition of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker presented by the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra and Fairfax Ballet at George Mason University Center for the Arts. ...