A Quick Guide to Free Music Live Streams and Archived Concerts (Updating)

Last Updated: April 7, 2020, at 7:34 a.m. EST

The following arts organizations are offering live streams or free access to their archives during the COVID-19 pandemic. If you know of others doing the same, please comment below.

Originally Posted: March 19, 2020, at 9:34 a.m. EST

• Bavarian State Opera
  • www.staatsoper.de/
• Berlin Philharmonic
  • Use code BERLINPHIL to access a month of free access until March 31.
  • www.digitalconcerthall.com
• Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • BSO Encores: Nightly@8 will begin March 23rd
  • www.classicalwcrb.org
• Budapest Festival Orchestra – Quaratine soirées
  • www.bfz.hu/en/media/quarantine-soirees/
• Calgary Philharmonic
  • calgaryphil.com/donate-now/live-stream/
• Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
  • www.chambermusicsociety.org/watch-and-listen/
• Columbus Symphony Orchestra
  • www.instantencore.com/contributor/music/
• Detroit Symphony Orchestra
  • www.livefromorchestrahall.vhx.tv/browse
• Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
  • www.gso.se/en/gsoplay/
• Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra
  • www.jaxsymphony.org/live
• Houston Symphony Orchestra
  • www.houstonsymphony.org/listenathome
• Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
  • www.ipo.co.il/en/live-streaming-2/
• Mälmo Symphony Orchestra
  • www.malmolive.se/
• Metropolitan Opera
  • Streaming Live in HD archives each night at 7:30 p.m. Streams are free for 20 hours after the initial broadcast time.
  • www.metopera.org
• New York Philharmonic
  • nyphil.org/playson
• Paris Opera
  • www.operadeparis.fr/en
• Philadelphia Orchestra
  • www.philorch.org/your-philorch/learn-more/ondemand/
• Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra “Extraordinary Measures”
  • www.pittsburghsymphony.org/extraordinary-measures
• RollingStone’s IGTV Music Series “In My Room”
  • www.rollingstone.com/t/in-my-room/
• San Francisco Symphony “Keeping Score”
  • www.youtube.com/user/sfsymphony
• Seattle Symphony
  • www.seattlesymphony.org/watch-listen/live
• Vienna State Opera
  • www.staatsoperlive.com/live
• Wigmore Hall
  • www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/wigmore-hall-live/past-live-streams

Visit these links for specific dates of live streams:

• Live From Our Living Room Online Music Festival (April 1-7)
• Jazz at Lincoln Center
• NPR Music
• Van Magazine “Sonic Distancing”

Comment below to have others added to this list.