Adriaan Fuchs, director of festivals and special projects at Carnegie Hall, is to be the new CEO and artistic director of the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO). Fuchs, 43, will succeed Louis Heyneman, in the job for 25 years. Fuchs has been … » Read

Robert Wilson, the pioneering American director, designer, and one-off theatrical visionary whose original fusion of visual art, sound, and movement have reshaped ideas of contemporary performance for over five decades, has died at the age of 83. … » Read

The Nashville Symphony has announced the retirement of President & CEO Alan D. Valentine at the conclusion of the 2025/26 season. It marks the end of a transformative 28-year tenure and an unprecedented period of artistic and institutional … » Read

OPERA America has announced a group of nine artists, administrators, philanthropists, and advocates to be admitted to their Opera Hall of Fame. The 2025 inductees are:     Donnie Ray Albert, baritone and teacher     … » Read

Sir Michael Hill, jeweller, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and founder of the international violin competition that bears his name, died in Arrowtown, New Zealand on July 29. He was 86. A lifelong and avid music lover, Hill gave up early hopes of … » Read

Wallis Annenberg, an ardent and generous philanthropist whose extensive donations over many years transformed the American art scene, died July 28 at her home in Los Angeles from complications related to lung cancer. “Wallis transitioned … » Read

The Boston Symphony Orchestra has farewelled five of its string players. Violinists Victor Romanul and Jennie Shames, violist Rachel Fagerburg, and bassists Edwin Barker and Joseph Hearne all gave their final BSO performance on 27 July at … » Read

Carlos Rafael Rivera has been nominated for his fifth Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music for his work on the Netflix original series Dept. Q . The Grammy and two-time Emmy winning composer and educator divides … » Read

Cleo Laine, whose dark, velvetty voice, exceptional range, and ability to scat like Ella Fitzgerald defined British jazz in the 1950s and 60s, died on July 26 at her home in Wavendon, Buckinghamshire. Her remarkable versatility enabled her to … » Read

The Leonard Bernstein family has put out a statement expressing their deep sense of loss at the death on July 22 of Alexander Bernstein, Leonard and Felicia’s son and second child. “Father of Anya, brother of Nina and Jamie, devoted … » Read