In what on first glance feels like a major loss to the American Ballet Theatre (ABT), Alexei Ratmansky will not be renewing his contract as ABT’s artist in residence when it expires next June. His departure coincides with the transition of … » Read

Stanley Drucker, the legendary clarinetist who joined the New York Philharmonic at age 19 in 1948 and didn’t retire until 60 years later, died on December 20 in Vista, CA, outside of San Diego. He was 93. Named principal by Music Director … » Read

City of London Sinfonia (CLS), now its 51 st season, has a new CEO arriving in April 2023. The 40-member chamber orchestra, founded and overseen by Richard Hickox until his death in 2008, performs 75 concerts annually, in a range of venues … » Read

Anastasia Tsioulcas , a staff cultural correspondent for NPR, joined The New York Times’s free-lance classical music reviewing staff last month. She remains full-time at NPR as well. Previously, Tsioulcas, originally from Boston, was editor … » Read

No question that, among young conductors today, Klaus Mäkelä is the hottest. He leads the Oslo Philharmonic and the Orchestre de Paris, and in 2027 will become chief conductor of the Concertgebouw. And Decca has released an entire cycle … » Read

The Virginia Symphony Orchestra (VSO) has a new president and CEO in Andrea F. Warren, in the job since earlier this month. She succeeds Karen M. Philion, who announced in April that she would be leaving after over a decade in the job. It was … » Read

Opera and music theater director Jo Davies is to be the new artistic director of Opera Australia, effective in November of 2023 and succeeding Lyndon Terracini, who was in the job 13 years before opting out of a contract renewal. He  left … » Read

After serving briefly on the faculty of the Juilliard School, composer Andrew Norman, 43, who was named Musical America’s Composer of the Year in the same year he won the Grawemeyer award, in 2017, will return to the USC Thornton School of … » Read

Gail Samuel has resigned as president and CEO of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a position she will have been in for 18 months. She steps down at the end of the year, with advisory-board member Jeffrey Dunn agreeing to serve as interim. Dunn … » Read

Whether to continue performing or rush to the aid of their countrymen is a dilemma confronting many Ukrainian musicians. For Dalia Stasevska, the 38-year-old Finnish conductor who was born in Kyiv, her initial reaction was to consider cancelling … » Read