On Dec. 23, Sia Michel, culture editor for The New York Times since January 2023, announced that Adam Nagourney is the newspaper’s new classical music and dance correspondent. A 30-year veteran of the Times and one of its most versatile … » Read

In January, Chung Myung-whun will begin a three-year term as music director of the KBS Symphony Orchestra in Seoul. His appointment marks his return to Seoul to head a major Korean ensemble since he resigned as music director of the Seoul … » Read

LONDON—Hugh Cutting has been making regular waves on this side of the pond ever since 2021 when he became the first countertenor to win the prestigious Kathleen Ferrier Award. A graduate of the Royal College of Music where he received the … » Read

The Trump coup has claimed another victim. After a 58-year affiliation with The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the American College Theater Festival (ACTF) is calling it quits. In a Facebook post, the organization says the … » Read

Riccardo Muti received  The Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation Prize from Pope Leo XIV at a Vatican Christmas concert he led on Decenber 12 in the Paul VI Audience Hall in Vatican City . The program  included … » Read

Lorenzo Viotti will take over as general music director of the Zurich Opera House for two years beginning with the 2028-29 season. His initial contract will coincide with the current term of office for newly named Artistic Director Matthias … » Read

For nearly two decades, Walter Hambock lived a quiet life in the tiny Scottish village of Strichen, playing the organ at his church, directing the local music society, and running a small sheet music publishing business with his wife Helen Weir. … » Read

The economic outlook for Broadway musicals is increasingly fraught. Although the past season drew more than 14 million patrons and produced the highest gross in a decade, as of late September none of the 18 musicals that opened last season made a … » Read

When Chicago’s classical radio station WFMT announced on December 10’s that a new host for the internationally syndicated “Exploring Music” series would start in March, it failed to mention any plans for its originator and … » Read

CHICAGO—Christmas came early for Chicago Symphony audiences on December 18. I refer not to the orchestra’s holiday music concerts, which continue this week, but to what was the first of three regular subscription performances of … » Read