On July 6 the South Korean soprano Lee Sang-eun was found dead in a woman’s restroom at Gimcheon Culture and Art Center. Her body was discovered just minutes before she was to perform in Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana with the Gimcheon … » Read

Two key chamber ensembles have updated their personnel. The American Brass Quintet (ABQ, est. 1960) has brought on a new trumpet in Brandon Ridenour, and its first ever woman member, trombonist Hillary Simms. Ridenour succeeds Louis Hanzlik, who … » Read

Christopher Heil i s to be the new chorus director of the Bayerische Staatsoper, one of Germany’s biggest opera choruses, with some 100 singers from 23 countries. He succeeds Stellario Fagone who made an abrupt exit last March, as yet … » Read

Ballet Hispánico, which self-defines as the largest Latinx/Latine/Hispanic cultural organization in the U.S., comprised of a dance company, school, and community-partnership hub, has created the new position of chief managing director and … » Read

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Peter Nero, a Grammy-winning pianist who interpreted pop songs through classical and jazz forms and served as the Philly Pops’ conductor for more than three decades, has died. He was 89. Nero died Thursday at Home … » Read

Gustavo Dudamel’s decision to leave the Los Angeles Philharmonic after 17 years to join the New York Philharmonic is widely considered a loss by Angelenos eager to assert their cultural superiority over their East Coast rival. But what if, … » Read

The Aizuri Quartet, formed in 2012, is facing a major shift in personnel, one that leaves violinist Miho Saegusa as the lone original member.  She and violinist Emma Frucht, who joined in 2019, are searching for two new members to replace … » Read

The Royal College of Music (RCM) has chosen James Williams, current managing director of the Royal Philharmonic (RPO), to be its next director as of September 2024. He succeeds the retiring Colin Lawson, CBE, who steps down in August of the same … » Read

Identifying the first published Black composer in America is an inconclusive venture, but current scholarship suggests that the honor belongs to Occramer Marycoo. Likely brought to Newport, RI, on The Elizabeth from Ghana as an enslaved teenager … » Read

It’s been nine years since Roger Wright left his job as BBC Controller of Radio 3 and the Proms director to become chief executive of what is now Britten Pears Arts, a.k.a. the Aldeburgh Festival, which ran June 9-25. Today, he announced … » Read