Concert Artists Guild(CAG) has added a new category of young artists to its roster: conductors. The 70-year-old organization usually selects its artists, all instrumentalists, from an annual competition.  But conductors, for practical … » Read

The Sydney Symphony’s first year under its  new Chief Conductor Simone Young is to be divided into two seasons: The first is to run from March to June (the country’s Fall) 2022; the second, July to December (Winter/Spring) … » Read

Composer and flutist Valerie Coleman has signed with Primo Artists for worldwide general management. Coleman, whose Seven O'Clock Shout has become a popular post-Covid curtain-raiser among orchestras, is the founder of and former flutist with … » Read

Legendary soprano Jessye Norman stopped performing in 2015, four years before her death , attributed to septic shock and multi-organ failure, secondary to complications of a spinal cord injury she sustained in 2015. Now a lawsuit filed by … » Read

Violinist James Buswell, said to have made his debut with the New York Philharmonic at the age of seven, died on September 28 in Boston. He was 74. A graduate of the Juilliard School, Buswell performed with most of the major international … » Read

Further confirmation of Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s midas touch, as if any was needed, has been unveiled in the form of a $2.5 million gift to the Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal to support his artistic vision … » Read

Carlisle Floyd, among the first successful American opera composers, died on September 30 in Tallahassee, FL. He was 95. His death was announced by his publisher, Boosey & Hawkes. His best known work, Susannah is the third most performed … » Read

Arabella Arts, the young agency  founded earlier this year by Stefana Atlas and Samantha Scully, both formerly of Columbia Artists, has added two conductors to its ever growing roster: American  Jeri Lynne Johnson and Israeli-born … » Read

More movement at the Portland (OR) Opera. It started when Priti Gandhi was named artistic director in July, a new role assuming some of the duties of Clare Burovac, who is now with the New Orleans Opera. The following month, George Manahan … » Read

After a national search, the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance has named Patricia Wilson Aden as its new president and CEO as of January 2022. She will succeed Priscilla M. Luce, who has been in the role since the previous leader, Maud Lyon, … » Read