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Spoleto Festival USA and Phenotypic Recordings have released Live from Spoleto 2025: Orchestra, the first full album in a new series of recordings captured live during the 2025 Festival season. The project is part of the Festival’s exclusive multi-project partnership with Apple Music Classical, bringing […]

Spoleto Festival USA and Charleston Jazz are proud to announce the second year of Jazz Is Community, a collaborative initiative that celebrates the power of jazz to connect people, honor cultural traditions, and inspire the next generation of artists.  Building on the success of its […]

Spoleto is honored to be featured in Garden & Gun, whose editors shared the “Spoleto Festival Shows Our Editors Don’t Want to Miss.”  Art director Julia Knetzer is eagerly anticipating the U.S. premiere of Mary, Queen of Scots by Scottish Ballet. After watching everything she […]

Spoleto Festival USA is receiving national recognition, with a feature in Galerie Magazine highlighting the Festival’s role in transforming Charleston into one of the country’s most dynamic destinations for the performing arts.  “Every spring, Spoleto Festival USA transforms Charleston, South Carolina, into America’s premier performing […]

The 68th Annual GRAMMY Awards celebrated excellence across musical genres, and several artists appearing at Spoleto Festival USA 2026 were among this year’s honorees. Five Festival performers received GRAMMY nominations across jazz, pop, roots, and instrumental categories—and one took home a GRAMMY Award.  Sullivan Fortner […]

A cornerstone of the Festival and one of its most cherished traditions, the 2026 Bank of America Chamber Music series features 11 programs performed by an internationally acclaimed roster of artists, presenting some of the most remarkable and enchanting works in chamber music spanning centuries of […]