Irony of ironies, Beatrice Venezi, appointed music director of La Fenice in October, despite protests of the house musicians and staff,  has been fired. "The La Fenice Theatre Foundation, through Superintendent Nicola Colabianchi, announces … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO—I had a collection of short reviews from the past week lined up, in varying states of incompleteness, when the news of  Michael Tilson Thomas’s death on Wednesday night upended everything. It’s a huge, almost … » Read

Two string quartets with deep German roots have added new musicians to their foursomes. The Nerida Quartet has welcomed cellist Raphael Zinner and the Vision Quartet has announced Danish violinist Adam Koch as the ensemble’s new first … » Read

The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) has renewed Rafael Payare’s contract as music director for five years following the conclusion of his current agreement in the spring of 2027.  OSM has also expanded Payare’s … » Read

Following the appointments of Bin Yu Sanford and Weicong Zhang in January , the Manhattan School of Music has added Polish pianist Michal Biel to its Vocal Arts and Collaborative Piano faculty. Biel is a noted soloist as well as partner to the … » Read

Michael Tilson Thomas, leading American conductor for over a half-century who headed orchestras in Buffalo, Miami, London, and San Francisco while also composing, died Wednesday. He was 81. Tilson Thomas had surgery for a brain tumor in 2021 and … » Read

Daniel Hart is to retire from the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra after two decades as president and executive director, a term characterized by the orchestra as “transformative.” He exits at the end of the year, at which point … » Read

In the wake of the resounding electoral defeat of Viktor Orbán, the renowned Hungarian pianist András Schiff has accepted an invitation from Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony to return to the country for a public concert to … » Read

Julian Lloyd-Webber, who recently celebrated his 75 th birthday with a concert to raise funds for Music Masters, has since announced that he been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will seek treatment. ‘'I did not want to let anyone down, … » Read

Ormsby Wilkins, music director of American Ballet Theater (ABT) since 2005 and a guest conductor for the previous five years , will retire at the conclusion of the company’s summer season at the Metropolitan Opera House. David LaMarche, a … » Read