The arts and media programs at Atlanta’s Georgia State University (GSU) are welcoming new faculty and administrators. On March 31 Julia Bullard was announced as the new director of the School of Music in the College of the Arts at Georgia … » Read

During his ten years as music director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden is widely credited with dramatically improving the ensemble’s precision and flexibility. This  did not come easily, according to some of the … » Read

American soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen has been chosen by the Met Opera to receive its annual $50,000 Beverly Sills Award, which honors “extraordinary singers with rising Met careers.” Her most recent Met appearance was as … » Read

French conductor Pierre Dumoussaud is to be the next music director of the Opéra Orchestre Normandie Rouen (OONR) as of the 2026-2027 season. Originally trained as a bassoonist, he holds degrees in conducting from the Paris Conservatory … » Read

Beginning with the 2025–2026 academic year, Elizabeth Askren will become director of the Yale Symphony Orchestra as well as associate professor adjunct at the Yale School of Music. She succeeds William Boughton, in the post since 2019. … » Read

Daniele Gatti, who, it may be recalled, was fired from the Amsterdam Concertgebouw for “inappropriate behavior” at that location and, ultimately, elsewhere, has cancelled all his future La Scala engagements. Anticipating that he was … » Read

It was a hastily arranged marriage. The National Symphony Orchestra was looking for a new music director, and after André Previn turned down the job offer, I was approached. My relationship with the ensemble was minimal at that point in … » Read

The Hong Kong Philharmonic will welcome the Finnish composer and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen as composer-in-residence for 2025-26. He will join his countryman Tarmo Peltokoski, music director designate for next season and officially in the job as … » Read

At a White House dinner meeting of the Kennedy Center board on May 19, Richard Grenell, whom Trump installed as interim head of the Center, reported that a financial review had “found $26 million in phantom revenue, fake revenue.” … » Read

I am deeply troubled by the false allegations regarding the management of the Kennedy Center being made by people without the context or expertise to understand the complexities involved in nonprofit and arts management, which has been my … » Read