Marco Goecke, ballet director of the Hanover State Opera, was initiailly suspended, now fired, from his duties and is under investigation for his response to a negative review of his production In the Dutch Mountain . During the intermission of … » Read

The decision to leave the Los Angeles Philharmonic to become music and artistic director of the New York Philharmonic was, Gustavo Dudamel freely admits, one of the hardest choices he has ever had to make. But he knows it is one that positions … » Read

MILAN (AP)—No one was more surprised than Daniel Barenboim himself at the impromptu homecoming to Milan’s Teatro alla Scala as a last-minute sub just two weeks after he formally stepped down as the Berlin’s State Opera’s … » Read

AMG Artists has recently signed a guitarist, a conductor, and a cellist, none of whom has had previous North American management. Raphaël Feuillâtre [pictured], also looked after by AMG in Central and South American, is a 26-year-old … » Read

The motion picture Tár is silent as to whether its protagonist has conducted both the Berlin and the Vienna philharmonics, but in real life only one woman enjoys that distinction—62-year-old Australian maestro Simone Young. The chief … » Read

Theater and opera director Mary Birnbaum is to be the new general and artistic director of Opera Saratoga, whose origins date back some 60 years (it was previously known as Lake George Opera). She succeeds Larry Edelson, who announced in May that … » Read

Flutist Tara Helen O’Connor , a highly credentialled performer and pedagogue, has been appointed visiting associate professor, adjunct, at the Yale School of Music, effective next fall. A contemporary music champion, she has premiered … » Read

CHICAGO—It had to happen sometime. Like rules, records are meant to be broken. For 39 years, Georg Solti held the record for the most Grammy wins. At the 1984 Grammy ceremonies, he won four awards, putting his total at 23, well ahead of … » Read

Assembling an orchestra of Ukrainian musicians from within and without that war-torn country and arranging its 12-concert tour of six nations in a matter of weeks is no mean feat. Donagh Collins, CEO of Askonas Holt, managed the feat and was … » Read

Gustavo Dudamel’s decision to leave the Los Angeles Philharmonic for New York represents the departure of much more than a exceptionally talented maestro. Since his arrival in LA as music director in 2009, he has become a larger-than-life … » Read