Postcard from New York: Museums

Among the most performed living composers by orchestras worldwide, Montgomery talks about her personal approach to musical storytelling, and writing a new cello concerto for Abel Selaocoe.

The trailblazing ballerina Misty Copeland, the first Black female Principal Dancer at American Ballet Theatre, is stepping back from the company at a star-studded gala in New York City.

The early work of Ravel’s, Prélude et danse de Sémiramis, from a partially lost cantata, has not been performed since it was composed in 1902.

Beginning as a teenage b-boy in Mumbai, Manish Chauhan has managed the almost-impossible – to become a ballet principal, a transition featured in Netflix’s documentary Call Me Dancer.

We profile one of the most advanced and best-sounding concert halls in the UK, and take a look further afield at arts and culture across Manchester.

How is the classical music world changing? Looking back on a dizzying year, we pay particular attention to performers’ international connectedness. Documenting more than 30,000 events, Bachtrack’s statistics provide valuable insight into an unstable world.