“Ruinous Gods,” an exploration of the trauma of mass displacement, will be staged in Charleston, S.C., next year.

Polina Osetinskaya, a critic of the invasion who has stayed in Moscow even as the government cracks down on dissent, will play a Baroque program...

An investigation found “credible evidence” that Robert Beaser, a composition professor, had engaged in “conduct which interfered with individuals’ academic work,” the school said.

The center hopes a major renovation along Amsterdam Avenue will help shed its elitist image and forge closer ties with Black and Latino residents.

Jonathon Heyward will succeed Louis Langrée as music director of the center’s revered summer ensemble.

The conductor will depart in August, the opera house said, four years ahead of schedule and after just two seasons in the job.

The departure of Chad Smith, the Philharmonic’s chief executive, is another loss for that orchestra, whose maestro, Gustavo Dudamel, is also leaving.

He will take the podium in 2024, with a mandate to help draw new audiences to classical music.

Yunchan Lim’s victory at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition last year made him a sensation. He says the attention makes him uneasy.

“Grounded,” a new work about the psychological toll of drone warfare, drew scrutiny after its presenter, Washington National Opera, advertised the support of a major...