Mexican-American conductor Robert Trevino is to be principal guest conductor of the RAI National Symphony Orchestra. Also known as “RAI Torino,” the group was formed in 1994 out of the combined RAI orchestras of Turin, Rome, … » Read

Martin (“Marty”) Bookspan, critic, broadcaster, producer, and all-‘round (non-singing) “voice of classical music” for outlets too numerous to name, died April 29 at his home in Aventura, FL. He was 94. A native of … » Read

Jacques d'Amboise, who grew up on the streets of upper Manhattan to become one of the world's premier classical dancers at New York City Ballet and spent the last four and a half decades providing free dance classes to city youth at his National … » Read

Olivier Mantei, managing director of the Opéra-Comique, is to be the next director of the Cité de la Musique/Philharmonie de Paris. He starts on November 1, succeeding Laurent Bayle, in the job since 2015. His term, for five years, … » Read

Paul Edward Kellogg, a leader in introducing new and unusual opera at a time when it wasn’t fashionable, died on April 28 in a hospital in his hometown of Cooperstown, NY, of natural causes. He was 84. At the height of his career, Kellogg … » Read

Enrique Márquez, who produces and books events for Harvard University’s Department of Music and administers the Fromm Music Foundation, has been appointed director of music by Interlochen Center for the Arts. He succeeds Kedrik … » Read

Violist Geraldine Walther , who exited the Takács Quartet in 2019 after a 15-year run, has been appointed interim director of chamber music at the Colburn School in Los Angeles. She starts next fall and her position is expected to become … » Read

When Lois Kirschenbaum died late last month, she left a mountain of opera memorabilia gathered over a half century spent frequenting the stage door at the Metropolitan Opera and other New York concert halls. “It’s a musical time … » Read

Peter Kjome, no doubt exhausted after what will have been five years of  wrestling with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s pre-pandemic near demise, will step down when his contract as president and CEO ends in January 2022. He exits … » Read

Christa Ludwig, a renowned interpreter of Wagner, Mozart and Strauss who starred on the world’s great stages for four decades, died at her home in Klosterneuburg, Austria. She was 94, according to the Associated Press. Her death was … » Read