In a surprise hire, the Metropolitan Opera has brought veteran and versatile New York Times reporter Daniel J. (Dan) Wakin on board as its senior director of communications, reporting to Met Assistant General Manager for Marketing and … » Read

Nearly eight decades after its composer was murdered in a Nazi concentration camp, the opera Grete Minde received its world premiere on Feb. 13 at the Theater Magdeburg in eastern Germany. Written by Eugen Engel, a self-taught composer who earned … » Read

Colorado’s Central City Opera, which prides itself on being the country’s fifth oldest professional opera company, has appointed a new president and CEO in Pamela Pantos, current development director of the Boston Children’s … » Read

Peter Oundjian, former longtime music director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, recently named music director of the Colorado Music Festival , is to be principal conductor of the Colorado Symphony Association. The post, newly created, commits … » Read

The Dallas Symphony has a new assistant conductor in Maurice Cohn , who in October led the orchestra in the premiere of Mason Bates’s Philharmonia Fantastique. He serves as cover for Music Director Fabio Luisi and oversees family concerts … » Read

Marin Alsop arrives on the podium of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra this weekend amid the Chicago Tribune 's speculation that she may be under consideration to succeed Riccardo Muti as music director when his contract concludes in 2023. The first … » Read

Gordon Sumner, aka Sting, has sold his back catalog to Universal Music in a deal that could be worth as much as $300m. “It felt natural to unite everything in one trusted home,” said the 70-year-old musician, who first found fame in … » Read

The Curtis Institute of Music and New England Conservatory have both announced recent alumni additions to their studio faculties. At Curtis, Erin Keefe and Benjamin Beilman will start next fall, offering individual lessons and chamber/orchestral … » Read

Gina Duncan, who left the Brooklyn Academy of Music in September 2020 to become producing director at the Sundance Institute, is returning to BAM as its new president. “We saw Gina’s extraordinary leadership skills firsthand during … » Read

Ricky Ian Gordon headed downtown where his The Garden of the Finzi-Continis was being premiered by the New York City Opera on Jan. 27. When not absorbed with that, he walked from his Upper West Side home to Lincoln Center, where previews were … » Read