Here is some more about what classical music and opera listeners can find on the site.

Finding live classical music: concerts and opera

The centrepiece of the site is the "Find a concert" system. This lists live classical concerts and opera performances across the world.

Basic listings are free, so anyone who is putting on classical concerts or opera can apply to become a Bachtrack contributor and input their concert dates into our database. As well as the concerts and operas put in by other people, we input many concert dates ourselves with their performance details: we try to make sure that we cover the top orchestras in the USA, the UK and the rest of Europe, as well as some of the most important opera houses. This makes sure that our concert calendar has the most important, prestigious events from the top classical musicians.

In the UK, we cover concerts at the Royal Festival Hall, the Barbican, the Wigmore Hall and Cadogan Hall; in the USA, we put in events from the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra and many others. In mainland Europe, we cover the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Concertgebouw Orchestra and others. Opera houses include the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Glyndebourne, La Scala, Teatro del Liceu in Barcelona and the Opera de Paris. Over 100 other contributors are also keeping our database up to date with their performances.

For many of the performances, you can click through straight from our listings to a web page where you can book tickets, provided either by the concert halls or orchestras themselves, or from consolidators.

So whether you're looking for chamber or classical concerts in London, orchestral music in New York or Boston, opera in London, Paris, Prague or La Scala, the Bachtrack classical concert finder is the place to come.

Reviews

We're now publishing over 100 reviews a month of classical music, opera and ballet around the world.

The best classical music for kids

Bachtrack's “for kids” section contains lists of classical music events for children.

One Stop Arts

If you live in London or visit London, take a look at our sister site One Stop Arts. It contains listings and reviews for London, including Theatre and Visual Arts to go with our music and dance listings..

Enjoy the site, and happy listening!