This story has been updated. Please see Artists and Institutions Distance Themselves from Gergiev, from Russia . The mayor of Munich, Dieter Reiter, has told Valery Gergiev, music director of the Munich Philharmonic, that if he does not clearly … » Read

This story has been updated. Please see Artists and Institutions Distance Themselves from Gergiev, from Russia . The Mayor of Milan, also the chair of La Scala, has ordered that Valery Gergiev be “fired” from the house’s new … » Read

Carlos Miguel Prieto is to move from artistic advisor to music director of the North Carolina Symphony as of 2023-24, serving as designate next season. He succeeds Grant Llewellyn, who was named laureate in 2020 after 16 years in the post. … » Read

In announcing a search for a new artistic director, Opera Australia has let it be known that its current one, Lyndon Terracini, will not be renewing his contract when it expires in 2023. He has been in the job since 2009. The company’s new … » Read

“What Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas,” or so the city's tourist board once declared. A lawsuit involving the local orchestra is proving otherwise. In late January, the Las Vegas Philharmonic  fired its executive director of … » Read

When he exits The New York Times obituaries desk on Friday and heads uptown to the Metropolitan Opera a few weeks later, Dan Wakin will be “going to the other side” after 40 years in journalism. The last 22 were at The Times, covering … » Read

The London Symphony Orchestra has added the much-heralded Canadian soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan to its artistic team, in the newly created role of Associate Artist for a term of three years. In her new position, Hannigan will create her … » Read

La Maestra Competition in Paris, the second annual edition of which gets underway next week, has issued some interesting statistics on women conductors. Here are a few: There are 62 women working as permanent music directors or chief conductors … » Read

As the 14 semifinalists for the second annual La Maestra Competition prepare for the finals next week, starting March 3 in Paris, news of four conductor appointments arrives, two of them women.   Polish conductor Marta Gardolinsk a, a … » Read

William Kraft, a key figure in the development of Los Angeles’s thriving new-music scene, died on February 12 at the age of 98. The cause was heart failure, reports The Los Angeles Times . Kraft was for 18 years the principal percussionist … » Read