Anna Netrebko, having received criticism, not to mention a performance cancellation , in Russia after attempting to back-peda l her previous, well-documented support of Vladmir Putin, has once again turned to social media in an attempt to keep … » Read

Over four decades, Janet Cowperthwaite has been the magician behind the curtain making the Kronos Quartet a leader in the world of contemporary music. As a 21-year-old college senior in San Francisco, she took a part-time job helping around the … » Read

The J. Paul Getty Trust, whose $9.2bn endowment makes it the world’s wealthiest arts institution, has chosen New York University Provost Katherine E. Fleming as its new president and CEO. She follows James Cuno, who will retire this summer … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — For soprano Ailyn Peréz, being rejected by the man she loves is all part of the job these days. But accepting a marriage proposal in front of a live audience? That was once in a lifetime. Peréz is … » Read

Santtu-Matias Rouvali will be leaving the Tampere Philharmonic at the end of 2022-23, marking ten years as its chief conductor. The 36-year-old rising Finn, among those “auditioning” this season for Jaap van Zweden’s job as New … » Read

With Riccardo Muti down for the count with Covid-19, his Chicago Symphony Orchestra concerts next week will require not one but two conductors to replace him. The bad news from the shift is that Leif Ove Andsnes will not be performing the Britten … » Read

Mark C. Hanson, who resigned as CEO of the San Francisco Symphony not long after Esa-Pekka Salonen took over as music director, is to be the new CEO of the Baltimore Symphony. He starts April 21 and succeeds Peter Kjome, whose contract expired in … » Read

As anticipated, Zachary Woolfe is moving from the position of classical music editor to classical music critic of The New York Times . He succeeds Anthony Tommasini , who retired last year after holding the rather loftier title of chief classical … » Read

Bayersiches Staatsballet Director Igor Zelensky has resigned for, officially, “private family reasons.” He is the former artistic director of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater from 2006 until 2015, and the Stanislavski and … » Read

Joseph Kalichstein, an Israeli-American pianist described by one contemporary as “a musician’s musician, always thoughtful and imaginative,” died at age 76 on March 31.The cause was pancreatic cancer.  Adept as a … » Read