Opera Las Vegas (OLV) has named Cecilia “Ceci” Violetta López as general director and CEO effective July 1, 2025. She is the fifth general director in the history of the 27-year-old company. An Idaho native who studied music … » Read

The Solti Foundation U.S. on May 15 announced career assistance awards, now in their 25th year, to 18 American conductors, ages 36 and under. Each receives $30,000 toward professional training, across a two year period. For eight recipients, this … » Read

Citing “a culture of anxiety and uncertainty” and a “lack of transparency,” more than 90 “trust” (nonfederal) employees at the Kennedy Center—about 60 percent of those eligible—have signed cards … » Read

Joel Link, first violinist of the Dover Quartet, will add the Cleveland Orchestra to his professional exploits, becoming the orchestra’s concertmaster as of July 3, 2025. He succeeds David Radzynski , who left in March 2024 (a joint … » Read

LONDON—The Bach Choir has a singularly distinguished lineage among Britain’s amateur choral societies. Founded in 1876 for the U.K. premiere of Bach’s Mass in B minor , it has had only nine music directors, including Sir Charles … » Read

In April of 2022 Los Angeles Times music critic Mark Swed pooh-poohed any notion that Gustavo Dudamel might be a candidate to succeed Jaap van Zweden as music director of the New York Philharmonic. “Dream on,” he told New Yorkers. … » Read

Boston offers music lovers a cornucopia of performances by, among many, the Boston Symphony Orchestra , the Chamber Orchestra of Boston, the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, the Boston Lyric Opera, and the Celebrity Series. The latter two of these … » Read

John Adams’s works for the theater have typically shaded into oratorio. Nixon in China and The Death of Klinghoffer proceed less as dramatic narratives than as vehicles for librettist Alice Goodman’s poetic musings; similarly, Doctor … » Read

Alexander Shelley , recently appointed  music director of the Pacific Symphony and music director of the Naples Philharmonic, is shedding his current role in that position with the National Arts Centre (NAC) Orchestra, over which he has … » Read

An open letter with more than 550 signatories from musical artists and industry groups, sent in advance of a key E.U.-U.K. summit scheduled for London on May 19, urges political leaders to remove the post-Brexit touring barriers between the E.U. … » Read