Free Arts and Music Resources During COVID-19 Outbreak
In response to the number of events and performances that have been cancelled over the next few weeks, many organizations have come forward with resources to provide arts and music virtually. The list below includes documentaries, performances, and other programming from arts and music organizations around the world.
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ARTE – Franco-German collaboration that offers performances of many kinds as well as other cultural offerings
BR Klassik – Concerts, operas, interviews, and making-of features
france musique – Concerts. operas, documentaries
France.TV – Culture Box – Wide range of cultural programming
Greene Space – New York Public Radio’s repository of recent programs, concerts, interviews, and features
Library of Congress Digital Collections – Search under performing arts, for a wide range of media. Lots of documents, but also interviews, recordings and audio of performances
Opéra National de Paris – More to come, for now, there’s a replay of Manon
Philharmonie de Paris – Concerts, documentaries, and masterclasses
Public Broadcasting Service – Wide range of programming, but if you search classical or orchestra, you can find a few programs
Radiotelevisione Italiana – Wide range of cultural programming
RBB-Kultur -Mostly audio programs. Berlin State Opera posted their most recent performance of Carmen in video
Royal Swedish Opera – Concerts, operas, and new works
Social Distancing Festival – Might be useful for the one-off events that smaller organizations and individuals are putting together
Sweden Radio – Concerts by the Swedish Radio Orchestra and Choir, interviews, and features
CHAMBER MUSIC
92nd Street Y – Scheduled chamber music live streams
Bayerische Staatsoper – Chamber Music alternatives
Budapest Festival Orchestra – Quarantine Soirées, various concerts scheduled for Live Streaming from the orchestra’s rehearsal hall
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center – Live streams, concerts, lectures, masterclasses, Meet the Music series
Igor Levit – Nightly solo piano recitals from his home
Juventas New Music Ensemble – Live-streamed solo performances from the homes of the members of the ensemble, 8pm EDT every Wednesday, March 18 – May 20
New Music Box Counterstream – Audio dating back to 1999 on a variety of new music areas of interest
Wigmore Hall – Past live streams, interviews
OPERA
Göttingen International Handel Festival – 10 Handel Operas from the past ten years streamed for free by NDR Kultur
Metropolitan Opera
Free Audio Streams at scheduled times
Met on Demand: Nightly free Video Streams, a different opera each day between March 13 – 22, 7:30pm EDT to 3:30pm EDT the next day. Here’s the announcement.
Opera Houses of Emilia-Romagna – Live Streaming from opera houses in the region
OperaVision – Month of Mozartian works offered free on this EU-funded platform. From 11 March to 17 April, OperaVision will release six productions from four theaters
Rossini Opera Festival – Streaming selected performances from the past decade
Teatro Regio Torino – #operaonthesofa. Videos of this year’s season made available for free on Youtube
Vienna State Opera – Online streaming of past performances now free.
OperaSpace – Daily recitals beginning March 16 with Young Artist Programs across the US. (Washington National Opera, Arizona Opera, LA Opera, and more)
ORCHESTRA
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra – Past concerts, interviews, promotional videos
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra -Past concerts and interviews. CODE: BERLINPHIL for 30-day free access to their Digital archive
Cleveland Orchestra – Mostly promotional videos and interviews. Parents with young children will find the Music Explorers of interest
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
DSO Kids: Great set of resources for young children. Great diversity of offerings, including POC, women, contemporary music
Detroit Symphony Orchestra – Past concerts and interviews
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra -Past concerts and interviews
Helsinki Philharmonic -Past performances with program notes
Israel Philharmonic – Past concerts
Jacksonville Symphony -Scheduled live broadcasts
Konzerthuset Stockholm -Past performances by the Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Includes performances by other performers at the venue in Stockholm, Sweden.
London Symphony Orchestra -Concerts, excerpts of Movements
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra -Live streams of future concerts, past performances
New York Philharmonic
Digital Archives, includes scores, documents etc but also features
Philadelphia Orchestra – Audio of past concerts
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra -Past concerts
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra – Finale of this year’s BeethovenFest archived here