David Bennett, who became general director of the San Diego Opera when the company was in the midst of a near-death experience in 2015 , has been offered a five-year contract extension through the 2029-30 season. Citing his “visionary … » Read

Raymond Bisha, who over the course of three decades at Naxos rose to the position of senior vice-president of marketing, died suddenly on Aug. 5 at the age of 68. Born to a musical family in Canada, Bisha took a circuitous route to the executive … » Read

The Music School of Delaware, a community school in founded in 1924 and based in Wilmington with branches in Dover and Lewes, has a new president and CEO in David J. Pacific. The school, the largest of its kind in Delaware and serving residents … » Read

American violinist David Radzynski is about to embark upon his third concertmaster gig in as many years, just starting in the post with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra in Hamburg, Germany, of which Alan Gilbert is music director. Radzynski … » Read

Yesterday, Trump surprised staff at Kennedy Center by saying he planned to announce the Kennedy Center honorees today. He just did: Metal band Kiss [pictured]; longtime Phantom of the Opera star Michael Crawford; Gloria Gaynor, best known for her … » Read

Jessica Munch-Dittmar  [pictured] is the new executive director of the Fayetteville (NC) Symphony Orchestra (FSO), arriving at the same time as Music Director Stefan Sanders has announced his intention to exit at the end of 2025-26, after … » Read

James Burton, the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s choral director since 2017, will step down from his position at the end of the current Tanglewood season. The British conductor’s last performances with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus … » Read

The Jackson (TN) Symphony has appointed Tamás Kocsis as its new concertmaster. The Hungarian native studied at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music with Josef Gingold, followed by further training at The Juilliard School under … » Read

A case of the summer flu caused tenor Piotr Beczala to withdraw from the concluding performance of Lohengrin at Bayreuth on Aug. 9 as well as his appearance in Carmen at Verona five days later. Klaus Florian Vogt filled the title role at … » Read

Morton Herbert Meyerson, whose quiet philanthropy helped transform the Dallas Symphony Orchestra into one of the nation’s elite ensembles, died after a long battle with cancer at his home in Dallas on Aug. 5. He was 87. Meyerson’s … » Read