When Abraham Lincoln’s 11-year old son Willie died in 1862, his parents initially interred him in the Oak Hill Cemetery. The Georgetown graveyard is the setting for Lincoln in the Bardo , George Saunders’s 2017 novel and the opera of … » Read

Sir Bryn Terfel’s upcoming tour of Australia offers the internationally celebrated bass-baritone an opportunity to not only concertize but also share the fruits of his decades-long experience ina series of masterclasses with young artists … » Read

Cellist Nicholas Canellakis [pictured] has joined the New England Conservatory (NEC) faculty. An internationally celebrated soloist and chamber musician, Canellakis is also a composer/arranger, pedagogue, and digital content creator. His comedic … » Read

As one conductor steeped in the legend of El Sistema leaves Los Angeles, another arrives. Domingo Hindoyan, friends with Gustavo Dudamel since they were boys in Caracas, began his tenure as music director of the Los Angeles Opera last weekend … » Read

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) has grouped its fundraising, marketing, technology, and patron services together under the newly created post of Senior VP and Chief Strategy Officer. Jennifer Barton, with the BSO since 2020, takes the … » Read

Nathalie Stutzmann’s former manager Gaetan Le Divelec is to be VP of Artistic Planning and Operations at the New Jersey Symphony as of Nov. 1. He arrives from the Atlanta Symphony, where he took the same job not long after Stutzmann arrived … » Read

The Hamilton Philharmonic (Ontario, Canada) has renewed Music Director James S. Kahane ’s contract for three years to June 2030. He succeeded Gemma New in 2025 . Born in Paris, the conductor, 31, trained at the Sibelius Academy under the … » Read

Yannick Nézet-Séguin—music director of the Metropolitan Opera, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Orchestre Métropolitain, honorary member/guest conductor of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe—has launched a … » Read

Opera director Bruno Ravella has joined Askonas Holt for international general management. Ravella’s vast international portfolio includes the Lyric Opera of Chicago, to which he returns this season for Ariadne auf Naxos; other operas on … » Read

The Berlin State Opera (aka Staatsoper Unter den Linden) has solidified its leadership team with contract extensions for both General Director Elisabeth Sobotka and General Music Director Christian Thielemann through July 31, 2034. At the new … » Read