Peter Serkin, who made his Philadelphia Orchestra debut at age 14, performing Mozart’s Concerto for Two Pianos, K. 365, with his famous father, Rudolf Serkin, died on February 1 at his home in Red Hook, NY, of pancreatic cancer. He was 72. … » Read

PARIS (AFP)--Sir Simon Rattle still can't believe that what he calls the "terrible mistake" of Brexit is actually happening. Britain's biggest classical music star returned from the Berlin Philharmonic to lead the London Symphony Orchestra, his … » Read

After a six-month search, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (VSO) found its new president and CEO within its own ranks, elevating Angela Elster from VP of the VSO School of Music & Community Programs to the post left vacant when Kelly … » Read

CHICAGO — Bryn Terfel broke an ankle in three places and will have surgery this week, cancelling his scheduled return to the Metropolitan Opera for the first time since 2012. The 54-year-old Welsh bass-baritone was to star in a new … » Read

Bob Shane, the last surviving founding member of the Kingston Trio, which is credited with sparking the folk music movement in the 1950s and 60s, died on Sunday in Phoenix, AZ, in a hospice facility. He was 85. His death was confirmed by his … » Read

British violist Timothy Ridout [pictured], 24, has signed with HarrisonParrott for general management. Winner of the Hamburg Symphony’s inaugural Sir Jeffrey Tate Prize earlier this month, Ridout comes to HP from the Young Classical Artists … » Read

In a move perhaps not unrelated to a new principal conductor soon to come on board to succeed Vladimir Jurowski, the London Philharmonic has announced a restructuring that separates the position of chief executive and artistic director. For the … » Read

Tuomas Hiltunen has resigned as general director of the Fort Worth Opera. Hiltunen has been in the job for two years , having succeeded Darren K. Woods, who was fired in February 2017 . The reason, he tells Theater Jones , is "because of … » Read

Siegwald Bütow [pictured], managing director of Germany’s WDR Symphony Orchestra, has been appointed to the same post at the Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra, effective next summer for a period of five years. Bütow, 51, succeeds … » Read

The Oregon Bach Festival will celebrate its golden anniversary next summer by auditioning three “world-class conductors” for the position of artistic director. The post has been empty since 2017 when Matthew Halls was fired after two … » Read