Violinist Geneva Lewis , Musical America’s June 2021 New Artist of the Month , has signed with Artist Management Group. Recipient of a 2021 Avery Fisher Career Grant and winner of the Grand Prize at the 2020 Concert Artists Guild (CAG) … » Read

That was quick. Danish conductor Thomas Dausgaard has abruptly resigned as music director of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra (SSO). He did so by telephone earlier this week, ahead of the expiration of his contract through 2022-23. He will have … » Read

Among those rising from the ashes of the late Columbia Artists agency, Doug Sheldon, its onetime chair, has continued to expand his Sheldon Artists roster since its launch in late 2020. He also has two new staff members, including Suzanne Neely … » Read

Writing in The Guardian , John Gilhooly, director of Wigmore Hall and chair of the Royal Philharmonic Society and recent recipient of CBE among the Queen's Honors, reminds readers of the critical role music can, and should play, in the … » Read

In addition to naming James Gaffigan as its new general music director, Komische Oper Berlin has announced a new First Kapellmeister as of 2022-23, one season ahead of Gaffigan. She is German conductor Erina Yashima , current assistant conductor … » Read

Tino Gagliardi has won a three-year term as president and executive director of the NYC Musicians' Union Local 802, the largest local union of professional musicians in the world. His election, which was unopposed, represents a fourth time around … » Read

Sandra Jaffe, who with her late husband Allan founded Preservation Hall in New Orleans six decades ago, died on Dec. 26 at age 83. A Philadelphia native, she and her husband were returning from their honeymoon in Mexico in 1961, when they stopped … » Read

Musicologist and arts administrator Paolo Pinamonti is to be the next artistic director of the Macerata (Italy) Opera Festival for three years, starting next summer, with Tosca featured on the schedule. He succeeds Barbara Minghetti, in the job … » Read

Composer/arranger/conductor Stephen J. Lawrence, who wrote over 300 songs and scores for Sesame Street , died on December 30 in Belleville, N.J. He was 82. No cause of death was reported. For his 30 years of work for Sesame Street he was awarded … » Read

American conductor James Gaffigan becomes general music director of the Komische Oper Berlin as of  2023/24, succeeding Ainars Rubikis, in the position since 2018/19. His appointment was announced this morning in Berlin by Klaus Lederer, … » Read