Amy Lam is to step down as VP and executive director of Tisch Music, a robust program at Manhattan’s 92nd Street Y, at the end of the year. She exits after two years in the job , a brief tenure compared to the 21 years of her predecessor, … » Read

Christopher White , head of music at Deutsche Oper Berlin since 2016, is to be the next head of opera at the Royal Academy of Music, his alma mater. He starts next September, succeeding Brenda Hurley who is moving to the role of visiting … » Read

Tom Philpott, acting co-director of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, as well as director of planning for that organization, is to move to the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in March as its director of artistic planning and partnerships. The … » Read

After nine years, David Pickard will step down as director after the 2024 edition of the BBC Proms. “By the end of next summer I will have planned and delivered nine Proms seasons,” he tells The Guardian , “and it feels like the … » Read

The latest example of classical music’s commitment to performing extant works by underrepresented composers is illustrated in the New York Philharmonic’s Nov. 22-25 program, which includes Julia Perry’s 1951 Stabat Mater for … » Read

The Bolshoi Theater together with the entire Russian artistic community was thrown into turmoil last week, when several outlets, including Izvestia and Russian Forbes , reported that Valery Gergiev was to become artistic director of both the … » Read

Austrian clarinetist and conductor Andreas Ottensamer has signed with Askonas Holt. Ottensamer, principal clarinet of the Berlin Philharmonic since 2011, was previously with Merlin Artist Management for his instrument and Hilbert Artists … » Read

David Del Tredici, whose Pulitzer Prize-winning “instinctual” approach to composing flew in the face of most post–World War II musical trends, died in New York City on Nov. 18 at 86. Born in California in 1937, Del Tredici was … » Read

Inevitably, but nonetheless disappointing, Daniel Barenboim will not be conducting the Staatskapelle Berlin’s Brahms cycle on its tour of the U.S. and Canada, November 25-December 3. “My health simply does not allow me to undertake … » Read

As predicted some 18 months ago , and suggested then by his good friend Vladimir Putin, Valery Gergiev, longtime commander-in-chief of the Mariinsky Theater, is to add the Bolshoi to his already stuffed portfolio. The appointment, being announced … » Read