Canada’s National Arts Centre (NAC) has promoted Annabelle Cloutier, its executive director of strategy and communications and corporate secretary to the board of trustees, to be its next president and CEO for a five-year term, effective … » Read

When Frank Gehry died at age 96 on Dec. 5, the world lost a man who “did more than any other single individual in the 21 st century to benefit music.” Such high praise, from Mark Swed, classical music critic for the Los Angeles Times … » Read

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Frank Gehry, who designed some of the most imaginative buildings ever constructed and achieved a level of worldwide acclaim seldom afforded any architect, has died. He was 96. Gehry died December 5 in his home in Santa … » Read

Victor DeRenzi, artistic director and principal conductor of the Sarasota Opera, has announced that he will retire  after 44 years in May 2026, also the company's 100th anniversary year.  General Director Richard Russell, a more … » Read

The San Diego Symphony has named an inaugural group of seven conducting fellows for the 2025–26 season. They will receive mentorship from Music and Artistic Director Rafael Payare and work closely with guest conductors and the … » Read

The Lucerne Festival has extended the contract of Music Director Riccardo Chailly through the end of 2028, bringing him to 12 years at the helm. (He succeeded Claudio Abbado in 2016.) While his current contract, through summer 2026, obliged him … » Read

Just on the heels of winning Chamber Music America’s highest honor , the Richard J. Bogomolny National Service Award, the Takács Quartet, in its 50 th -anniversary year, will lose its sole remaining original member, cellist … » Read

German conductor Christian Blex ,  winner of the 2025 Karajan Young Conductors Award at the Salzburg Festival, is to be principal guest conductor of the Malmö Symphony Orchestra (MSO) for three seasons, starting next September. Blex, … » Read

German-Colombian conductor Anna Handler is having a banner year. Having recently made her subscription debut with the Boston Symphony, of which she is assistant conductor, she started a new job this fall as Kappelmeister of the Deutsche Oper … » Read

There’s a particular magic to Santa Fe Opera’s open-air setting in summer. It was under that spell of sound and space that I first heard Iván López Reynoso last August. He led a Bohème that had an emotional pull … » Read