Proving that you don’t have to be a feline to have nine lives,  Garth Drabinsky is back. Having spent a few years in jail for fraud, the Canadian co-founder of Livent, Inc., producer of such lavish shows as Ragtime , the revival of … » Read

Italian violinist Andrea Tacchi, a frequent guest first violinist with Filarmonica della Scala, has died at the age of 63. He had been concertmaster of Orchestra della Toscana since its inception in 1980, and was a professor of violin at … » Read

Kachun Wong, 30-year-old conductor from Singapore and a protégé of the late Kurt Masur, is among the first new artists to be signed for general management to the  newly formed Sheldon/Atlas division at CAMI. Wong, Musical … » Read

Peter H. Hansen, promoted from VP of Development to Senior VP two years ago as part of a restructuring, is to leave the New Jersey Performing Arts Center next week after 20 years in its employ and millions of dollars raised on its behalf. NJPAC … » Read

Brent Assink, longtime executive director of the San Francisco Symphony, has resigned, effective in March 2017. Having started in 1999, he will have been in the job for 18 years, making him one of the longest serving top executives among American … » Read

Art Alliance Illionois, an arts advocacy and service organization boasting several hundred group members and 30,000 individuals, has named Claire Rice as its executive director.  She succeeds Ra Joy, who left in January after eight years to … » Read