Anna Netrebko’s statement yesterday, distancing herself from Vladimir Putin and “expressly condemn[ing] the war on Ukraine,” seems not to have instantaneously changed her status at the Metropolitan Opera, nor at the Paris Opera, … » Read

Avant-garde Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov, long outspoken critic of the Kremlin and artistic thorn in its side, has left the country after countless arrests and confinements on false charges in the last few years. He is now safely in … » Read

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Celebrated U.S. cellist Yo-Yo Ma joined refugees from the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in the Portuguese capital Lisbon on Tuesday for a performance of Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik. Ma joined … » Read

Longtime New York City Center Encores! Artistic Music Director Jack Viertel stepped down from his post at the end of 2020. Lear deBessonet succeeded him.   Now Encores! Music Director Rob Berman, Viertel’s collaborator on more than 30 … » Read

When Met Opera General Manager Peter Gelb announced that the company would not be hiring any Russian artists who do not officially denounce Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, Anna Netrebko--known as a Putin supporter--failed to do so and … » Read

Alexander Brose, founding executive director and CEO of The Tianjin Juilliard School, will exit at the end of the 2021-22 academic year after five years in the job , three since it opened. He leaves as  Reuters reported in mid-March that … » Read

Paul Hughes, general manager and director of the BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, and BBC Singers, will step down from his posts after 23 years. His last day will be the First Night of this year’s Proms, July 15, 2022. Hughes’s … » Read

The Madison (WI) Symphony Orchestra (MSO), approaching its 97 th season in 2022-23, has appointed Robert A. Reed [pictured] as its new executive director, starting full time on June 6, 2022. He succeeds Rick Mackie, who retired last June. The MSO … » Read

During his two decades as artistic director of the Los Angeles Master Chorale, Grant Gershon has transformed the ensemble from a largely volunteer-based organization to a professional choir of 100 members that has presented 45 world premieres and … » Read

Given the shortage of guitar concertos (or at least, ones that orchestras are prepared to program), classical guitarists need to have an entrepreneurial spirit to build a successful career. Rupert Boyd is a good example. The Australian-born, New … » Read