Pivotal leadership change at the Grant Park Music Festival (GPMF) is now complete, with the appointment of Anwar Nasir as president and CEO next fall. He will arrive as Giancarlo Guerrero completes his second season as artistic director and … » Read

Song Hee Lee’s singing, at March’s Met Opera Laffont Competition finals, was brilliant. Small wonder the 28-year-old Seoul-born soprano was  named a winner after her tour de force renderings of "Tornami a vagheggiar" from … » Read

American conductor and harpsichordist Jeannette Sorrell , founding artistic director of Apollo’s Fire and expert interpreter of the Baroque and Classical repertoire, has signed with Intermusica for general management. Additional to her own … » Read

Evan Rogister is to be the next general music director of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein as of August 2027. The German-American conductor, 46, has signed a five-year contract and succeeds Christoph Meyer, who took early retirement in 2024 for health … » Read

What if you planned a party and the band didn’t show up? That’s the dilemma facing Freedom 250, the organizers of the Great American State Fair, a 16-day exposition on the National Mall, faced late last week. On May 27, the group … » Read

Sometimes the unlikeliest of heroes emerge just in the nick of time. Such was the case at La La Land in Concert in Sydney on May 30. The touring production, which synchs a live performance of the score with the film, faced a crisis when the … » Read

It was premature to rejoice over a Federal judge’s ruling for DJT to take his name off the national monument to John F. Kennedy. Trump, whose public outcry against any judge who rules against his actions or stated aims is by now routine, … » Read

LONDON—With its rolling hillocks and placid lake, Garsington Opera is the perfect spot to enjoy a picnic in the English countryside. Founded in 1989, the company relocated in 2011 to Wormsley Park at the invitation of Mark Getty, younger … » Read

Kevin Robert Orr, concert pianist and dean of the School of Music at the University of Florida since 2015, will become dean of the UF College of Arts as of July 1. In his new role he will oversee the School of Art and Art History, School of … » Read

Sarah Rhee, a 2009 PhD graduate of the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester, will return to her alma mater for the upcoming academic year as  assistant professor of piano pedagogy. She arrives having served on the faculty … » Read