Richard Woodhams, who retired as principal oboe of the Philadelphia Orchestra in 2018, has been “retired” from The Curtis Institute of Music as well. The school has informed him that his contract will not be renewed. No reason was … » Read

On July 28, Riccardo Muti turned 80 and, just before, gave an interview to the Corriere della Sera . In his popular blog Gramilano , Milan-based journalist Graham Spicer has translated excerpts in which the maestro speaks from his throne of deep … » Read

Mark Ball will become artistic director of the Southbank Center, the UK’s largest arts center, in January 2022. Currently the creative director at Manchester International Festival, Ball will be responsible for developing an expansive … » Read

Opera Parallèle, San Francisco’s vital source of new and contemporary opera since 2007, has a new senior executive team, organized under and announced by its Founder and Artistic Director Nicole Paiemen t, who recently added General … » Read

The Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang is to be the beneficiary of the long-term loan of the 1734 “Rode” Guarneri del Gesù violin. Previously played by virtuosi such as Pierre Rode, Norbert Brainin, and Kyung Wha Chung, Frang … » Read

London native Suzy Klein, a veteran of the BBC for over two decades, is to become the broadcaster’s head of Arts and Classical Music in October. Her position has been newly created to ensure that arts and classical music commissioning is … » Read

The generational turnover in the performing arts rolls on, as the 92 nd Street Y appoints a successor to Hanna Arie-Gaifman, who  announced in January that she would step down after 21 years as director of the Tisch Center for the Arts. The … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — Walter Yetnikoff, the rampaging, R-rated head of CBS Records who presided over blockbuster releases by Michael Jackson, Billy Joel ,and many others and otherwise devoted his life to a self-catered feast of “schmoozing, … » Read

Opera Australia (OA) has named a new CEO, the first woman to occupy the job, and a highly credentialled one at that. Fiona Allan, born in Australia but living in the U.K. since 2004 when she was appointed artistic director of the Wales Millennium … » Read

The editors at London’s Telegraph Group must have been listening: When Sir Nicholas Kenyon announced his  plan to depart after nearly 25 years as managing director of the Barbican, among the reasons he stated was his desire to get back … » Read