Nicole Taney, director of artistic planning and operations for the Spoleto Festival USA, which opens on Friday, has been appointed by the Celebrity Series of Boston as its new artistic director. She takes over later in the summer, succeeding Amy … » Read

British conductor Jan-Latham Koenig , 69, is to be chief conductor of the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, as of next season. He is onetime chief conductor of Belgium’s Flanders Philharmonic, the Orchestra of Porto (which he founded at … » Read

Simon Preston, an organist, conductor, and composer of international repute, died on May 13. He was 83. One of the most important church musicians of his time, Preston is widely credited with playing a leading role in reinvigorating the English … » Read

The Pavel Haas Quartet , now in its 20 th -anniversary season, has signed with Kirshbaum Associates for North American representation. Founded in 2002 by violinist Veronika Jarušková and violist Pavel Nikl, the group is comprised of … » Read

Yura Lee is to be the new principal viola of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. A member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Boston Chamber Music Society, and a chamber participant in festivals from Marlboro to Salzburg, she has been … » Read

Last fall Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones opened the season at the Metropolitan Opera, the first work by a Black composer to ever be performed in the 138-year history of the company. The opera is the second by the jazz … » Read

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Vangelis, the Greek electronic composer who wrote the unforgettable Academy Award-winning score for the film Chariots of Fire and music for dozens of other movies, documentaries and TV series, has died at 79. Greek … » Read

Larry Edelson , founding artistic and executive director of the American Lyric Theater, is to step down from his additional post as Opera Saratoga’s artistic and general director at the end of the 2022 summer festival. He has been in the … » Read

Kahchun Wong is to move from his current post as principal guest to chief conductor of the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra as of fall 2023, when his two-year tenure in the guest position ends.  He is the current chief conductor of the Nuremberg … » Read

The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (SPCO) has named two artistic partners—the South African cellist Abel Selaocoe and German violist Tabea Zimmermann—as of the 2022-23 season. Zimmermann, widely considered to be the world’s … » Read