The Colorado Symphony Orchestra (CSO), which celebrates its centennial during the 2023-24 season, has announced that as of May 8, Mark Cantrell will be the ensemble’s new chief executive officer. He succeeds Jerome H. Kern, who retired as … » Read

LOS ANGELES (AP)—Wayne Shorter , an influential jazz innovator whose lyrical, complex jazz compositions and pioneering saxophone playing sounded through more than half a century of American music, has died. He was 89. Shorter died Thursday … » Read

Julie Kent, artistic director of the Washington Ballet since 2016, will join the Houston Ballet as its first ever co-artistic director next July, sharing the pivotal role with the current Stanton Welch. A 30-year member of the American Ballet … » Read

CHICAGO—Brandon Acker’s name is synonymous with Chicago’s early music scene. If the repertoire calls for a lute, theorbo, or other historical plucked instrument, you can bet Acker, 33, will be there, his easygoing, soulful … » Read

Every few decades, a human being possessed of extraordinary, multiple talents emerges. One such man—the Chevalier de Saint-Georges—was born Joseph Bologne in 1745 in the French colony of Guadeloupe to a plantation owner and his slave … » Read

Alexander Pereira, accused of embezzling funds in his position as superintendent of the Florence’s Maggio Musicale and, by his own admission, under investigation for several weeks, has resigned. Only in the job since fall of 2019, the … » Read

Israeli conductor Omer Meir Wellbe r has been appointed general music director and chief conductor of the Hamburg State Opera, encompassing the Philharmonic State Orchestra. He starts in August of 2025, succeeding Kent Nagano, who will have been … » Read

Unlike many Russian musicians appalled at their country’s invasion of Ukraine, pianist Polina Osetinskaya did not emigrate. She continues to live in Moscow, where her two children go to school, but is no longer able to perform in any state … » Read

NEW YORK (AP)—MacDowell, one of the oldest artist residency programs in the U.S., has tapped Chiwoniso Kaitano as its new executive director, the organization announced Friday. Kaitano joins MacDowell with a mandate to “intensify … » Read

Julianne Lee, assistant principal second violin of the Boston Symphony and principal second of the Boston Pops, is to join the Dover Quartet as its new violist, starting next fall. She succeeds founding violist Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, who … » Read