March was to be a busy month for the 29-year-old conductor Vitali Alekseenok, who was scheduled to lead concerts in Lviv, Dnipro, and Kyiv, and open the Kharkiv Music Festival as its new artistic director. But four days after the Russian invasion … » Read

Russian conductor Tugan Sokhiev, who  recently quit as musical director and principal conductor of the Bolshoi Theater in protest against the invasion of Ukraine, will not be coming Stateside on March 31 to conduct the New York Philharmonic, … » Read

Olga Smirnova, a principal soloist at the Bolshoi Ballet since 2016, is leaving the storied Russian company to join the Dutch National Ballet. Although she said in a news release that she had been contemplating a move for some time, she was … » Read

The Norwegian singer Lise Davidsen’s rise in the musical universe is best drawn as a straight vertical line. With only 15 years’ experience as an opera singer, the 35-year-old soprano, says Peter Gelb, the Metropolitan Opera’s … » Read

In an internal evaluation of Juilliard President Damian Woetzel, 43 out of 49 faculty and staff members responded with negative comments. Key criticisms were that Woetzel, a former dancer appointed president in 2017, focused on performance … » Read

Yesterday, it was reported that Trinity Wall Street Church Music Director Julian Wachner had been placed on leave as of March 1 , pending investigation into abuse claims against him by a former Juilliard employee. By the end of the day of those … » Read

In the aftermath of Valery Gergiev’s dismissal as head of the Munich Philharmonic, the municipal cultural adviser Anton Biebl is defending the German city’s seven-year relationship with the Russian conductor. Insisting that “we … » Read

Trinity Wall Street has placed Julian Wachner, its highly regarded director of music, on leave while it investigates an allegation of an eight-year-old incident of sexual misconduct against him. The alleged wrongdoing took place at a 2014 … » Read

Patrick Chamberlain, VP of artistic planning at the New Jersey Symphony, is to be the next VP of artistic administration for the Aspen Music Festival and School. He succeeds Asadour Santourian , newly named as VP of the Boston Symphony’s … » Read

Violinist Aubree Oliverson, 23 [pictured], has signed with Askonas Holt. The Colburn School grad won the 2021 Special Prize of Merit for violin at last summer’s Verbier Festival.  Recent engagements include opening the 21/22 Louisiana … » Read