He seems to know everything there is to know about playing the sax — his breath control, tone, and fingering were all ...

Unfortunately, for Ben Bliss’s return to Vocal Arts DC on Sunday evening, what may have seemed like a promising idea on paper turned out to be a series of mostly embarrassing whiffs.  The American ...

The closure of the Kennedy Center has forced Young Concert Artists to trade the clear sightlines and cushy seats of the center’s Terrace Theater for the intimate setting and dazzling décor of the ...

The musicians of the National Symphony Orchestra ratified a new four-year contract Friday that will help preserve the present roster and solidify the NSO’s future past the imminent closing of the ...

The National Symphony Orchestra finally announced plans for its 96th season Tuesday morning. The NSO will not perform at its traditional Kennedy Center home but instead will bring around sixty ...

The National Symphony Orchestra remains in crisis. Ticket sales and donations have plummeted, due to the grotesque politicization of the Kennedy Center by President Trump. Fallout from the disputed ...

Wolf Trap Opera opened its production of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin Friday night with a gorgeous and moving performance. The skillful young artists brought Tchaikovsky’s characters and score to life ...

Wolf Trap Opera’s 2026 season kicked off Thursday night with a sold-out opening of La Cenerentola Thursday evening in the Barns. The cast of talented young artists brought Rossini’s take on the ...

On Friday night, the National Symphony Orchestra played its final concert of the season, and perhaps its last for a long while at its home, the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. Guest conductor Karen ...

Hannu Lintu returned to the podium of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for the first time in eight years this week. The Finnish conductor, who holds full-time posts in Finland and will become music ...

Vadym Kholodenko’s 2016 Washington debut, at the Phillips Collection, came a couple years after he won the gold medal at the Van Cliburn competition in 2013. Washington Performing Arts presented him ...

Washington Concert Opera first came on the scene in 1987, with a maiden performance of The Pearl Fishers. After a revival in 2000, the company returned to Bizet’s gangly yet lovable opera Saturday ...