When Met Opera General Manager Peter Gelb announced that the company would not be hiring any Russian artists who do not officially denounce Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, Anna Netrebko--known as a Putin supporter--failed to do so and … » Read

Alexander Brose, founding executive director and CEO of The Tianjin Juilliard School, will exit at the end of the 2021-22 academic year after five years in the job , three since it opened. He leaves as  Reuters reported in mid-March that … » Read

Paul Hughes, general manager and director of the BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, and BBC Singers, will step down from his posts after 23 years. His last day will be the First Night of this year’s Proms, July 15, 2022. Hughes’s … » Read

The Madison (WI) Symphony Orchestra (MSO), approaching its 97 th season in 2022-23, has appointed Robert A. Reed [pictured] as its new executive director, starting full time on June 6, 2022. He succeeds Rick Mackie, who retired last June. The MSO … » Read

During his two decades as artistic director of the Los Angeles Master Chorale, Grant Gershon has transformed the ensemble from a largely volunteer-based organization to a professional choir of 100 members that has presented 45 world premieres and … » Read

Given the shortage of guitar concertos (or at least, ones that orchestras are prepared to program), classical guitarists need to have an entrepreneurial spirit to build a successful career. Rupert Boyd is a good example. The Australian-born, New … » Read

On March 25, which in Russia happened to be the Day of Cultural Professionals, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a videoconference with several cultural leaders whom he knows personally. This was the meeting in which he commented on how … » Read

Japanese violinist Naoka Aoki has been appointed as one of the three concertmasters of the Munich Philharmonic , the first woman to hold the job, which she shares with Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici and Julian Shevlin. The 30-year Tokyo native … » Read

The San Francisco Ballet has selected Danielle St. Germain-Gordon, interim executive director for the last nine months, to assume the position on a permanent basis. She succeeds Kelly Tweeddale, in the role for less than two years. St. … » Read

Simon Rattle was getting ready to leave Europe for the first time since the start of the pandemic and head to California with the London Symphony Orchestra for a residency with students at Santa Barbara’s Music Academy of the West. … » Read