London’s Philharmonia Orchestra has announced Marin Alsop as its principal guest conductor starting next fall. Alsop is chief conductor of the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony, the Ravinia Festival, Vienna’s Konzerthaus and Musikverein, and … » Read

Speech given by Sir Simon Rattle at the London Symphony Orchestra concert at the Barbican Centre on Sunday 23 April 2023. Ladies and gentlemen, I have a lot to say about what is happening in classical music in this country – as does anyone … » Read

BERLIN (AP)—Daniel Barenboim was made a citizen of honor of Berlin on Friday, months after he  ended his three-decade tenure as the general musical director of the Berlin State Opera for health reasons. Mayor Franziska Giffey paid … » Read

Piper Gunnarson [pictured], executive director of On Site Opera since 2017, has been promoted to the post of general director and CEO, effective May 1. She moves into the top administrative position, soon to be vacated by co-founder and Artistic … » Read

Sir Simon Rattle is casting a skeptical eye on the BBC’s recent claims that  it has dropped plans to reduce the size of the BBC Symphony, Concert, and Philharmonic orchestras by 20 per cent and abolish the BBC Singers.  … » Read

NEW YORK (AP)—Todd Haimes, who led the Roundabout Theatre Company from an off-off-Broadway company teetering on the edge of bankruptcy into a major theatrical force with works on five stages—including three Broadway theaters—and … » Read

Ahmad Jamal, born Frederick Russell Jones in Pittsburgh on July 2, 1930, died on April 16 at age 92 in Massachusetts. A keyboardist whose playing defied easy categorization, he inspired generations of jazz artists ranging from pianists McCoy … » Read

In October, Play on Philly (POP) Founder and Executive Director Stanford Thompson announced that he would be stepping down after 13 years at the helm, “to continue my life’s work of ensuring equitable access to quality music education … » Read

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