In his first leadership post in the U.S., conductor Alexander Shelley is to be artistic and music director of Artis—Naples,  that unusual partnership between the Naples (FL) Philharmonic and its next-door neighbor, the Baker Museum. … » Read

The Israel Philharmonic has named Alisa Meves as its new head of artistic operations. Meves served as personal assistant to Valery Gergiev for some three decades. Gergiev, it will be recalled, is a close friend and supporter of Vladimir Putin and … » Read

Scott Reed will step down as president and CEO of the Music Academy at the end of the 2023 summer season, according to an executive search firm posting. He has been with the Santa Barbara based Academy, which recently simplified its name from … » Read

Gianandrea Noseda’s tenure as music director of the National Symphony Orchestra, which began in 2017, continues on its upward trajectory, with the orchestra’s visit to Carnegie Hall coming up on April 18 and an … » Read

Opera singers on occasion are not among the world’s most svelte human beings, especially in the old days. Late in his career Luciano Pavarotti was unable to climb the steps to the top of Castel Sant'Angelo in Franco Zeffirelli’s … » Read

Laura Canning, director of artistic administration at Garsington Opera, is to be the new general director and CEO of Opera North, succeeding Richard Mantle, who is retiring after 29 years in the job. Canning has been with Garsington—a … » Read

Canada’s Vancouver Island Symphony has chosen Cuban native Cosette Justo Valdé s as its new artistic director, starting in July and succeeding Pierre Simard who left early in 2022. Valdés is also resident conductor of the … » Read

Ukrainian conductor Kostiantyn Starovytskyi was killed last week on a combat mission near the city of Kramatorsk. The 40-year-old conductor, who had been a guest maestro at Kyiv Opera and the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra, among others, joined the … » Read

British pianist Mishka Rushdie Momen has signed with HarrisonParrott for worldwide management. Having just made her recital debut at Elbphilharmonie last week, Momen, 32, has performed Stateside at New York’s 92 nd Street Y and the … » Read

Royce Saltzman, co-founder of the Oregon Bach Festival and for over five decades a professor of choral music at the University of Oregon, died on April 3. He was 94. Beginning in 1964, he joined the University in Eugene, serving as a professor, … » Read