On March 13 Donald Trump announced that Matt Floca, current vice president of facilities operations at The Kennedy Center, would succeed Richard Grenell as the organization’s head man. This leadership change comes just six weeks after Trump … » Read

A last-minute decision by U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper on Saturday, March 14 ruled that Ohio Rep. Joyce Beatty has a right to review documents related to plans to close and renovate The Kennedy Center before the organization’s … » Read

Mark Allen Group, which publishes many of the U.K.’s trade and consumer publications in the classical music, opera and music education world, including Gramophone , plans to shut down Classical Music Magazine following its Spring 2026 … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) —More than 30 states will resume their antitrust trial against Live Nation and Ticketmaster on Monday after negotiations this week failed to result in many states joining a tentative  settlement reached by the Justice … » Read

Dutch American conductor Robert Kahn is to be assistant conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in the 2026-27 season. A Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance Award recipient, he was one of three candidates the Foundation selected to … » Read

The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO) and the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra will permanently cease performing at the conclusion of their 2026-27 season in June. In their stead, the Zander Center, a newly formed legacy organization, will … » Read

The new production of Tristan und Isolde is the Met’s hottest ticket of the year, and with good reason. The company has not presented Tristan in a decade––far too long, considering the work’s seminal importance. Isolde is … » Read

The aftershocks from the Boston Symphony’s  announcement late last Friday afternoon that it would sever ties with its music director of 12 years continue to reverberate. It seems the only people not surprised by it were the two … » Read

Jonathan Nott’s departure from the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) in 2025 has not been cause for the recruitment of a permanent replacement as music director. Instead, the OSR has chosen to move ahead with two conductors-in-residence. … » Read

The Teatro dell'Opera di Roma twinned the announcement of its summer program with the news that as of March 10, 2026, Alessandro Galoppini is the company’s new artistic director. He comes to Rome from Milan, where he has been casting … » Read