Rhiannon Giddens , who is everywhere these days as an artist, composer, and impresaria, has signed with MWI (Music Works International) for European representation; she was previously with London-based Asgard. The MacArthur Genius Grant … » Read

There is a slow change afoot in the world of opera. As the leading directors grow older—Krzysztof Warlikowski, Claus Guth, Dmitri Tcherniakov, Romeo Castellucci, Robert Carsen, and Barrie Kosky are all over fifty—the industry is … » Read

Big Apple Performing Arts, the umbrella organization of the New York City Gay Men's Chorus (NYCGMC) and the Youth Pride Chorus, has installed new, permanent leadership in John D. Carrion as executive director, and John J.Atorino as artistic … » Read

Carlo Rizzi, among the foremost international opera conductors, has renewed his contract as artistic director of Opera Rara through June 2025, the extension of a relationship that dates to 2019 and has been by all accounts  highly … » Read

Andrew Nethsingha, director of music at St. John’s College, University of Cambridge, is to be the next organist and master of choristers at Westminster Abbey—in effect the Abbey’s director of music. He succeeds James … » Read

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) has announced a new three-year labor agreement with its musicians and its eighth consecutive balanced budget. The agreement includes salary raises for the players each of the next three years, earmarks a … » Read

Michael Repper has added yet another podium to his collection, having just been named music director and conductor of the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra. The 31-year-old California native is also music director of the Ashland Symphony Orchestra, … » Read

Kate Kammeyer is the new executive director of the Berkeley (CA) Symphony succeeding Jim Tibbs, who is retiring after three years in the job. Kammeyer is the former senior VP and general manager of the Rochester Philharmonic, as well as its … » Read

LONDON (AP) — Peter Brook, a British theater and film director known for an influential and distinguished career which saw him garner worldwide acclaim, has died. He was 97. The two-time Tony Award winner, who had settled in France decades … » Read

Richard Taruskin, scholar, author, pedagogue, longtime faculty member of UC Berkeley, died Friday morning in an Oakland, CA, hospital at age 77. The cause was esophageal cancer. Author of the six-volume Oxford History of Western Music , among … » Read