Polish conductor Grzegorz Nowak [pictured], permanent associate conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra since 2015, is to succeed Yoshikazu Fukumura as music director and principal conductor of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO). … » Read

The opening of the three-week Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) on Aug. 5 marked two significant “firsts” for the 76-year-old event. The appointment of violinist Nicola Benedetti as director this past March meant that this season … » Read

SALZBURG, Austria — Cecilia Bartoli has a favorite role she wished she could sing. “There is one character which I was always in love with since I started my Mozart career, and it’s Don Giovanni,” she said. “With me, … » Read

HarrisonParrott has signed two new artists, one of them new to management, the other having had several, even though he’s only 22 years old. That would be Swedish-Belarusian violinist Daniel Lozakovich, a recent member of a piano trio at … » Read

In 1854, when he was only five years old, Thomas “Blind Tom” Wiggins reputedly composed The Rainstorm , the first of hundreds of works for piano. His age alone made the feat noteworthy; the fact that he was blind and enslaved made it … » Read

In the midst of the pandemic, Alisa Weilerstein decided to take a vacation from her cello. When she returned to playing a few weeks later she began with scales, a meditative exercise that enabled her to consider the nature of the classical … » Read

Anna Handler [pictured], currently conducting Ravel’s L’Enfant et les sortilèges at the Salzburg Festival, has joined Opus 3 for representation in North and South America. Recently named a Dudamel Fellow for 2023-24, the … » Read

Cellist Nick Photinos is to succeed professor emeritus James Tocco as professor of chamber music and eminent scholar at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). The co-founder of eighth blackbird, Musical America’s … » Read

Will Anna Netrebko be permitted to perform a concert at Prague’s Municipal House, currently scheduled for October 16? In a statement issued on July 31, Jirí Pospíšil, the city’s deputy mayor, reported that the … » Read

Violinist Boson Mo , recent acting assistant concertmaster of the Vancouver Symphony and member of the Houston Symphony, is to be the concertmaster of the Phoenix Symphony as of next fall. He succeeds Steven Moeckel, new concertmaster of the … » Read