Like most opera singers right now, Vuvu Mpofu’s 2020 calendar is a patchwork of cancellations and question marks. Locked down in her grandmother’s house in Port Elizabeth, however, the South African soprano has a more immediate … » Read

Drew McManus is gathering his annual compensation reports, posting music director and executive salaries for orchestras in the 2017-18 season. The list of Top Ten Earners shows Riccardo Muti way out in front among music directors, earning … » Read

The Vermont Symphony Orchestra (VSO), which reports that it is currently offering small-ensemble performances throughout the state, has named a new executive director. She is Elise Brunelle, former managing director of the Cape Town Opera, where … » Read

MOSCOW (AFP)--A Moscow court on Friday handed outspoken Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov a three-year suspended sentence following a fraud conviction denounced by his supporters as politically motivated. Known for his daring statements and … » Read

Queensland (NZ) Youth Orchestras (QYO) has appointed Simon Hewett [pictured] as music director, effective next January. He succeeds founder John Curro, who passed away last November. A native of Brisbane, Hewett has been principal conductor of … » Read

Ankush Kumar Bahl, onetime protégé of Kurt Masur and assistant to Jaap van Zweden, is to be the next music director of the Omaha Symphony, effective in the 2021-22 season. He succeeds Thomas Wilkins, who ends his 16-year tenure at … » Read

Cristina Rocca, longtime associate to Riccardo Muti, VP for artistic planning of the Chicago Symphony since 2015, is to exit the U.S. for London, where she will become artistic director of the London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO), starting … » Read

RAVENNA, ITALY —Riccardo Muti sent a resounding message Sunday night, that live classical music has returned to the Italian stage in his adopted home of Ravenna, even as the musical outlook remains grim in the United States, where he also … » Read

The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) have chosen their next class of CSO/CCM Diversity Fellows. The program, launched in 2015 with a grant from The Mellon Foundation, aims to … » Read

Last week, the Nashville Symphony cancelled its entire 2020-21 season . Today, that orchestra’s COO Steven Brosvik was announced as the new CEO of the Utah Symphony | Utah Opera (USUO). He will succeed Paul Meecham, who left suddenly last … » Read