At the end of May, a court in Florence, Italy, found Alexander Pereira guilty of embezzlement. The former artistic director of the Salzburg Festival, the Zurich Opera House, La Scala in Milan, and Maggio Musicale in Florence was convicted on two … » Read

The LA Opera as appointed Domingo Hindoyan as music director—the third in the company’s history. His five-year contract is effective as of July 1, 2026. Hindoyan succeeds James Conlon , who becomes conductor laureate at the end of the … » Read

Floyd Brown’s tenure as a vice president of development at the Kennedy Center lasted little more than a month before his past history of anti-gay rhetoric, subject of a CNN report, led to his dismissal. His appointment, never formally … » Read

“I grew up in a household that was very noisy—we had a lot of tiny violins; I guess you could say they were our toys.” Conductor Katharina Wincor (pronounced Winsor) is the youngest of four sisters, now all professional … » Read

The Orchestre classique de Montréal (OCM) has announced Romanian-Canadian conductor Andrei Feher as its new music director. He succeeds J acques Lacomb who exited after the first year of a five-year contract l ast July, citing … » Read

Charles Wadsworth, founding artistic director of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, in 1969, and often credited with the robust health of chamber music in this country, died on May 29 in at a medical facility on Manhattan’s Upper … » Read

Kenneth Renshaw is to join the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) in August as assistant professor of violin. Renshaw, active as a soloist and chamber musician internationally, first came into the limelight when he … » Read

“Working with Esa-Pekka is the most deeply satisfying culmination of my work at the Ojai Festival and a fitting moment for me to conclude my tenure as artistic and executive director.“  With this statement, several paragraphs … » Read

Mette Bryndum is the new executive director of the Moab Music Festival. A native of Copenhagen, and now a resident of Moab, Utah, Bryndum will team with Tessa Lark, the Festival’s artistic director and renowned violinist. Lark wrote of … » Read

The arts and media programs at Atlanta’s Georgia State University (GSU) are welcoming new faculty and administrators. On March 31 Julia Bullard was announced as the new director of the School of Music in the College of the Arts at Georgia … » Read