Patrick Quigley is Ryan Brown's hand-picked successor as artistic director of Opera Lafayette. Brown, the company's founder, plans to step down at the close of the company's 30th-anniversary season in 2025. Quigley is founder and artistic … » Read

After less than three years, Erica Muhl , hired with considerable fanfare as president of Berklee College of Music in October 2020, is gone. In a concise email to staff and faculty, Board Chairman Martin Mannion noted, “While we are unable … » Read

Earlier this week, the Philadelphia Orchestra announced the  cancellation of a planned four-concert tour of California in March of 2024, citing "unforseen circumstances."  Nathalie Stutzmann, the orchestra’s principal guest … » Read

“I never wanted to play trombone,” declared Hillary Simms, the new trombonist of the American Brass Quintet. “I wanted to play trumpet because I loved the solo in the middle of Nat King Cole’s song … » Read

Three quarters of a century ago the authoritative Grove Dictionary of Music predicted that “the enormous popular success some few of Rachmaninov’s works had in his lifetime is not likely to last” and dismissed his music as full … » Read

The Philadelphia Orchestra has expanded its conducting staff. Two conducting fellows, Austin Chanu and Tristan Rais-Sherman (both recent recipients of Solti Career Assistant Awards), have been promoted to assistant conductors for the 2023-24 … » Read

American conductor Sameer Patel is to be the new music director and orchestra conductor of the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus in San Diego, effective next season. He succeeds Steven Schick, who exited last year, and works “alongside” … » Read

Swiss newspaper Le Temps reports orchestra musicians at the Verbier Festival expressing their dissatisfaction with Plácido Domingo’s conducting prowess. Comments from the rehearsal of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5, programmed … » Read

American conductor Perry So is to be the next music director of the New Haven (CT)  Symphony Orchestra (NHSO) as of 2024-25. He succeeds Alasdaire Neale, who steps down next May after five years in the job to return to Europe. Perry So is c … » Read

NEW YORK (AP)—Tony Bennett, the eminent and timeless stylist whose devotion to classic American songs and knack for creating new standards such as “I Left My Heart In San Francisco” graced a decades-long career that brought him … » Read