As previously reported , the University of North Carolina School for the Arts (UNSCA) recently named new deans for three of its five schools, one each for the School of Music, Dance, and Filmmaking. Now there is more news from the conservatory, … » Read

Louis Andriessen, among the most important compositional voices of modern times, died this morning in Weesp, near Amsterdam. He was 82. As original as he was controversial, Andriessen is said to have influenced an entire generation of composers. … » Read

American conductor James Gaffigan is to be the next music director of Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía   of Valencia as of the coming season; he succeeds co-directors Fabio Biondi and Roberto Abbado. Gaffigan recently stepped down as … » Read

As of July 1, Swedish conductor Joachim Gustafsson takes the post of music director at Colombia’s Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra (OFB). His appointment is a result of an election, by secret ballot, by the orchestra’s 100-plus … » Read

Mimi Stern-Wolfe, a New York-based pianist and conductor, died on June 21 at the age of 84. The founder of Downtown Music Productions (DMP), in early the 1980s, she was a staunch advocate for a woman’s place in concert halls and … » Read

American-born composer and avant-garde pianist Frederic Rzewski died in Italy on June 26. He was 83. Rzewski’s most well-known work i s likley The People United Will Never Be Defeated!, a gigantic set of piano variations on a Chilean … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — In another sign of live entertainment’s rebirth, Bruce Springsteen returned to Broadway on Saturday, last weekend, strapping on a guitar and reviving a show for an audience that included a member of his E Street Band … » Read

When Randall Scotting jumped in as a substitute Apollo in Britten’s Death in Venice at the Royal Opera House in November 2019, it was a case of cometh the hour, cometh the man. On the back of that success, the Metropolitan Opera then asked … » Read

Violinist Randall Goosby, 24, has signed for joint general management with HarrisonParrott and Primo Artists, effective immediately. Goosby moves from the Young Concert Artists roster, having won the YCA competition in 2018, also the year he was … » Read

Dallas Symphony Chorus Director Joshua Habermann [pictured] will exit his post at the end of next season, his 11th with the DSO. He’s on his way to Honolulu, apparently, where his wife has a teaching job. Habermann, also in his 12th season … » Read