What I’m Reading This Week: June 8, 2025


29-year-old Hong Kong pianist Aristo Sham takes gold at this year’s Van Cliburn competition!

The International Pride Orchestra gave a triumphant performance at Strathmore for World Pride in Washington, DC after being denied a contract to perform at the Kennedy Center…

…Which according to the Washington Post is currently seeing a drop in subscription sales of roughly 36 percent compared to this time last year.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra will have no contemporary concert series in the 2025-2026 season with the cancellation of its MusicNow series.

Veteran opera conductor Myung-Wha Chung will become the first Asian music director of La Scala in 2026.

Once considered blacklisted in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, high-profile artists linked to Putin are quietly returning to major European stages.

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