The Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía has announced that James Gaffigan will end his four-year term as musical director upon the expiration of his contract on Aug. 31, 2025. The theater praised the American conductor’s expansion of the … » Read

Nicholas Hersh, onetime associate conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO), is to return as the first principal conductor of the BSO Academy, an annual week-long program for adults of rehearsals, performances, and workshops alongside … » Read

Amanda Robie has been promoted from managing director to executive director of the Saratoga Opera , a position that sees her working closely with Mary Birnbaum, general and artistic director.  A resident of Saratoga Springs, Robie has sung … » Read

Greek conductor Elisa Gogou is to become general music director of the Lower Bavaria State Theater in 2026, succeeding Basil Coleman. Gogou, 50, has been serving as 1 st Kapellmeister and Deputy General Music Director at the Anhaltisches Theater … » Read

Anyone seeking evidence of the affirming power of music need look no further than the number of musicians who continue to play for John Eliot Gardiner, despite past instances of his abusive behavior. In the words of Marten Root, a 68-year-old … » Read

Arlene Croce, who established a reputation as both the most revered and most feared dance critic at The New Yorker from 1973 to 1996, died on Dec. 16 in Johnston, R.I. “No one has ever described dance in the movies the way she does,” … » Read

Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España (OCNE) has named Kent Nagano to succeed David Afkham as its chief conductor and artistic director ( director titular y artístico ) as of September 2026, when Afkham, in the job seven years, makes … » Read

On Jan. 1, 2025, Robert Suttman will succeed Sara Cutler as president of Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians. Cutler has led the union since August of 2023. Suttman, who ran unopposed, is a trombonist who has played in 95 Broadway … » Read

The musicians of the Adelphi Quartet have decided to disband after seven years of playing together. Violinists Maxime Michaluk (Belgium) and Esther Agusti Matabosch (Spain),  British violist Adam Newmanb, and German cellist Nepomuk Braun … » Read

NEW DELHI (AP) — Zakir Hussain, one of India’s most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced tabla to global audiences, died on Sunday. He was 73. The Indian classical music icon died from idiopathic pulmonary … » Read