The New England Conservatory of Music has added pianists Jonathan Biss and Marc-André Hamelin to its piano faculty with one-year appointments to begin with the start of the 2021 academic year. "Jonathan and Marc-André are two of the … » Read

Opening night at the Metropolitan Opera is always a big occasion. For Will Liverman, who sings Charles, the lead role in Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones on Sept. 27, the evening holds promise of being a career-defining moment. … » Read

Andrea (Andi) Lamoreaux is exiting Chicago’s classical radio station WFMT after 52 years with the organization. She leaves October 1, some 20 years after being named music director. She started in 1969 as a music librarian, fresh from … » Read

German media are reporting that Eva Wagner-Pasquier, 76, great-granddaughter of Richard Wagner and former artistic director of the Bayreuth Festival with Katharina Wagner, is in a coma. She was apparently pulled out of the Isar River—a … » Read

Adam Krauthamer, president of New York Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians (AFM), has announced he will not run for a second three-year term this fall. The 37-year-old, Curtis and Yale-educated French horn player ran a  … » Read

As an entire generation of baby-boomer arts leaders heads into retirement, the field continues to count on one, apparently ageless, stalwart to pass on the wisdom of hands-on experience. It is, of course, David Hyslop, whose symphony orchestra … » Read

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Mikis Theodorakis, the beloved Greek composer whose rousing music and life of political defiance won acclaim abroad and inspired millions at home, died Thursday. He was 96. His death at his home in central Athens was … » Read

Four conductors will take part in the Los Angeles Philharmonic 2021-22 Dudamel Fellowship Program. The Fellows—François López-Ferrer, Chloé van Soeterstède, Camilo Téllez, and Enluis Montes … » Read

Joana Mallwitz, 34, is to be the next chief conductor at the Konzerthaus Berlin, succeeding Christoph Eschenbach, 81, as of the 2023-24 season and becoming the first woman to take the role. She recently announced her intention to exit as general … » Read

In a move that has left the Winston-Salem Symphony in the lurch on the eve of its 75 th- anniversary season, British conductor Timothy Redmond has resigned as music director. The news was announced by the orchestra on August 24; Redmond is … » Read