Washington National Opera has chosen Christopher Cano to be the next director of the Cafritz Young Artists (CYA) and American Opera Initiative (AOI). He starts in September, succeeding Robert Ainsley, in the job since 2016 and now headed to be … » Read

Rachel Fine, executive director and CEO of the Los Angeles-based Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts (The Wallis), is to hold the top administrative post at Yale Schwarzman Center (YSC), which the university defines as its "first-ever … » Read

Danni Gee, longtime dance curator for Central Park’s free outdoor festival SummerStage, has been named director of programming for the Joyce Theater, New York’s core dance venue and presenter of small/visiting troupes. Gee is a former … » Read

Hans Graf, music director of the Singapore Symphony, has chosen Venezuelan conductor Rodolfo Barráez to be the orchestra’s next associate conductor. He succeeds Joshua Tan, in the job from 2013-2021. Based in Berlin, … » Read

A fascination with the high male singing voice has accompanied the growing interest in gender fluidity. Countertenors are much in demand, particularly in Baroque opera and in some contemporary works. Much rarer are male sopranos—men whose … » Read

As of the fall of 2026, Jack Everly will step aside from one of the four orchestras that share him as principal pops conductor (Baltimore and Indianapolis symphonies, Naples Philharmonic, and Canada’s National Arts Center Orchestra). In … » Read

Jessie Montgomery and Missy Mazzoli are to be composers in residence at the Bard Conservatory beginning in fall 2022. Montgomery, a composer, violinist, and educator, interweaves classical music with elements of vernacular music, improvisation, … » Read

Craig Hassall, CEO of London’s Royal Albert Hall since 2017, has announced his resignation, effective at the end of 2022. He is leaving to assume the role of president and chief executive of Playhouse Square in Cleveland, Ohio. Hassall has … » Read

Larry Rachleff, who served over three decades as conductor of the Rice Shepherd School of Music symphony and chamber orchestras, died on Aug. 8 after a long struggle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. He was 67. A native of New London, CT, Rachleff … » Read

The Reno (NV) Philharmonic has hired Ignacio Barrón Viela [pictured], executive director of the Billings (MT) Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, to be its next president and CEO, effective October 26.  A native of Spain, he succeeds Tim … » Read