Julia Noulin-Mérat, co-artistic director of Boston’s artist-led Guerilla Opera, is the new general director and CEO of Opera Columbus . She succeeds Peggy Kriha Dye, who left after six years to become general director and CEO of … » Read

The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) has selected Andreas Delfs as its new music director. He will succeed Ward Stare, who exits at the end of this, his final season. A native of Flensburg, Germany, Delfs was for 12 years music director of … » Read

The heightened awareness of racism, of which opera companies and orchestras have long been accused, has led to a huge movement among arts groups to appoint diversity and inclusion officers or create special task forces to address the issue. The … » Read

Nicolas Namoradze was “in retreat”—as he puts it—for several years before his 2018 triumph at the Honens International Piano Competition. “I hadn’t done any competitions and I wasn’t concertizing actively … » Read

Richard Lonsdorf is the new executive director of New Century Chamber Orchestra, having served as interim since August, when Philip Wilder stepped down to become the president and general director of Chanticleer. NCCO Artistic Director Daniel … » Read

Identifying himself as an “artistic citizen of the United States,” Canadian conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin has written a three-page letter to the new President and Vice President of the U.S., urging them to support the … » Read

Mary Anne Carter is stepping down as chair of the National Endowment for the Arts as of Jan. 20, 2021. Confirmed by the U.S. Senate in August of 2019, she had served as interim chair for the previous 14 months following the departure of Jane Chu … » Read

Renowned opera director Elijah Moshinsky died in London at age 75 on Jan. 14 after contracting Covid-19 while in hospital for a fall. “He was a wonderful human being, a brilliant stage director and a staunch defender of the greatness of the … » Read

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Phil Spector, the eccentric and revolutionary music producer who transformed rock music with his “Wall of Sound” method and who later was convicted of murder, has died. He was 81. California state prison … » Read

Yet another executive of a major arts organization is stepping down from their post during this, the year of the pandemic. This time it is Hanna Arie-Gaifman, who will exit the Tisch Center for the Arts at the 92 Street Y in June, having been at … » Read