In January 2022 the 43-year-old Ukrainian conductor Oksana Lyniv will become music director for the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, the first woman to assume such a position in Italy. During her three-year engagement, she will be responsible for … » Read

Italian conductor Jonathan Brandani is to be the new artistic director of the Calgary (CA) Opera, adding to his current position as music director of his hometown’s Lucca (IT) Opera Festival. He assumes his position in Canada as of 2022-23, … » Read

When David Allen Miller steps to the podium of the Albany Symphony Orchestra (ASO) on October 16, he will begin his 30 th season as the ensemble’s music director. Since arriving from Los Angeles in 1992 as an admittedly intimidated … » Read

In what may be the first time a U.S. orchestra named a special fund for a music critic, much less performed a memorial concert in their honor, the St. Louis Symphony has established the Sarah Bryan Miller Fund. The endowed fund, established with … » Read

LONDON (AP) — Paul McCartney has revisited the breakup of The Beatles, flatly disputing the suggestion that he was responsible for the group’s demise. Speaking on an episode of BBC Radio 4’s This Cultural Life that is scheduled … » Read

Kazushi Ono is to succeed Stéphane Denève as music director of the Brussels Philharmonic, effective as of fall 2022 for five years. The Japanese conductor is current music director of Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and the Tokyo … » Read

On Sept. 10, Bright Sheng, the Leonard Bernstein Distinguished University Professor of Composition at the University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theater & Dance (SMTD) convened the first meeting of his undergraduate composition … » Read

Debby King, a Carnegie Hall stalwart for 34 years, died at age 71 on Sept. 20. Dubbed the “soul” of the venerable performance hall by cellist Yo-Yo Ma, King functioned as a personal assistant who had a new boss every night. She was … » Read

In a capacity similar to those in which she has served the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall Song Studio, Aspen Music Festival and School, and others, Renée Fleming has been named Advisor for Special Projects for … » Read

President Biden’s nominations for the chairs of the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities, which require Senate approval, look very different from their predecessors. Nominated to succeed the … » Read