Anne Ewers, who has spent the past 14 years doing the heavy lifting of almost ceaseless fund raising as president and CEO of the Kimmel Center, retired on Oct. 22. “I have just loved this career,” Ewers told The Philadelphia Inquirer … » Read

Thomas Guggeis, the 28-year-old  kapellmeister at the Staatsoper Stuttgart and, more recently, the Berlin Staatsoper (in the specially named post of Staatskapellmeister), has signed a five-year contract to be general music director of the … » Read

The London Mozart Players (LMP), which prides itself on being the UK’s longest established chamber orchestra, founded in 1949 by Harry Blech, has a new executive director in the wings. He is to succeed Julia Desbruslais, who announced her … » Read

At heart, Jesús Rodolfo is a storyteller who uses four strings and a bow to give voice to his restless imagination. The young Spanish violist constantly returns to the model of narrative—even when discussing music as formally … » Read

Conductor Marin Alsop is the new 2021-22 Harman/Eisner Artist-in-Residence of the Aspen Institute Arts Program. In that role the celebrated musician will take part in forums and programs about critical social and civic issues as viewed through … » Read

Welz Kauffman, who resigned two years ago after 20 years at the helm of the Ravinia Festival, has resurfaced in Tucson, AZ, where he has become the first ever full-time managing director of True Concord Voices & Orchestra , a professional … » Read

Dutch conductor Bernard Haitink, highly esteemed old-school maestro, longtime music director of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, with additional major leadership posts in London, Chicago, and Boston, died at his home in London on Thursday, his … » Read

Pianist Yundi Li has been "expelled" from the China Musicians Association, based on charges by Beijing Police that he is a suspect in a prostitution case. According to AP's reading of a police blog, he has been "placed in administrative detention … » Read

In the good ol days, classical music institutions would book featured artists, from soloists to conductors, years in advance. Covid-19 of course has blown a hole in that once stable if staid custom, causing the cancellation of live performances … » Read

Composer Bright Sheng’s attorney has reported that his client will not be investigated by the University of Michigan’s Equity, Civil Rights and Title IX (ECRT) Office. Sheng was labeled a racist by students and some faculty for his … » Read