The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) has announced that tenor Richard Cox will join the faculty of its voice department in 2025. Characterized as “a teacher of extraordinary capability with the prodigious professional experience … » Read

As it enters its 25 th -anniversary season, the Concord (MA) Chamber Music Society (CCMS) announces new leadership, effective at the end of 2024-25. Succeeding founder Wendy Putnam, a violinist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, are violinist … » Read

R. Peter Munves, who revolutionized the marketing of classical music, died on Aug. 19 at age 97. Born in Manhattan in 1927, Munves graduated from Syracuse University and went to work in a record store before being hired in 1953 as a producer with … » Read

Soprano Angela Gheorghiu has doubled down, aggressively justifying her disruptive behavior during tenor Alfred Kim’s encore of “E lucevan le stelle” in Tosca at the Sejong Arts Center in Seoul last week. She had stepped onstage … » Read

On the eve of Cristian Macelaru’s season as its music director designate, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) has announced the appointment of eight new musicians. They arrive on the heels of a new five-year labor agreement that took … » Read

Bass Morris Robinson will be artist-in-residence at the Georgia State University School of Music in 2024-25 and 2025-26. For each academic year, he will conduct three one-day residencies of masterclasses, workshops, and mentoring. He will also … » Read

Angela Gheorghiu, a singer it should be said with a reputation for causing controversy, is at the center of a new furor after stopping a performance of Tosca to criticize a fellow performer. The Romanian soprano, who at first refused to take a … » Read

The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival has announced that Jim Griffith will be its next executive director, effective October 1, 2024. Griffith will succeed Amy Lam, who has been in post as interim executive director since June. “The Festival … » Read

The BBC Symphony Orchestra has announced the extension of Sakari Oramo’s contract as chief conductor for a further five years. It will see the Finnish conductor through to 2030, the orchestra’s centenary year, and make him the longest … » Read

The Omaha Symphony has announced that Ankush Kumar Bahl will be standing down as music director. After considerable thought, the statement says, Bahl has decided that the 2024-25 concert season will be his last. It has been agreed that he will … » Read