NEW YORK (AP) — A representative for Roberta Flack announced Monday that the Grammy-winning musician has ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, and can no longer sing. The progressive disease “has made it impossible to … » Read

British conductor Jonathan Cohen is to succeed Harry Christophers as artistic director of the Boston-based Handel and Haydn Society. Christophers stepped down at the close of 2021. Cohen, at age 44, becomes one of the youngest of the 14 past … » Read

Sarah Caggiano, recent executive director of continuing and expanded education at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), has joined the New England Conservatory with a mandate to expand its Preparatory School (NEC Prep) offerings as well as … » Read

American conductor Joshua Weilerstein , London-based, is to be the new chief conductor of the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra, an ensemble in Northern Denmark founded in 1943. He first led the orchestra in 2011 and, in 2023-24, will be stepping into a … » Read

There are prodigies, and then there is 17-year-old Alma Deutscher. When Opera San Jose presents her opera Cinderella on Nov. 12, she will be on the podium for the return of a work presented five years ago,  first in Vienna and then in San … » Read

Anna Netrebko, for many years a fixture at the Metropolitan Opera, and Peter Gelb, the house’s general manger, have been taking public swipes at one another ever since the  Met parted ways with the soprano last spring over her refusal … » Read

As of today, Graham Parker moves from being interim executive director of the Louisville Orchestra to the position of chief executive. The former president of Decca Records U.S. at Universal Music Group, in which capacity he connected with Teddy … » Read

It is hard to imagine a more interesting double life than that of Daniel Harding, one of the world’s most in-demand conductors when he is not in the cockpit of an Air France Airbus. “One of the things I say about my double … » Read

Two conservatories recently announced high-profile additions to their piano faculties. Awadagin Pratt joins the San Francisco Conservatory of Music as professor of piano in July and will accept students into his studio as of the fall. Currently … » Read

On Dec. 1, Terry D. Loftis will join the Dallas Symphony as chief advancement and revenue officer, reporting directly to President and CEO Kim Noltemy. The position is a new one and oversees fundraising, volunteer cultivation, corporate … » Read