Kenneth Cooper, harpsichordist, pianist, and musicologist revered especially among Baroque music circles, died at age 79 on March 13 in Manhattan. As a performer, Cooper combined scrupulous musicianship and articulate technique with an … » Read

Almost 40 years after her death, composer and jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams is garnering headlines for two new performances of her 1945 composition Zodiac Suite . A musical prodigy born in Atlanta in 1910 and raised in Pittsburgh, Williams first … » Read

Benjamin Sosland, interim dean and director of the Music Division at the Juilliard School, is to be the next provost and dean of the New England Conservatory, effective July 5. He succeeds Thomas Novak, a 20-year NEC veteran who holds the title … » Read

Yuval Sharon, Michigan Opera Theater’s new artistic director, is wasting no time in revolutionizing the company. MOT has announced his first, 2021-22 season, highlighted by atypical fare such as Robert Xavier Rodríguez and Migdalia … » Read

British conductor Stefan Asbury has joined the roster of Colbert Artists for North American representation. A recent podium guest for the Boston Symphony’s BSO Now series, Asbury has guest conducted widely and has been on the Tanglewood … » Read

I attended not his first but his second appearance at the Metropolitan Opera, on June 12, 1971, the debut of a 27-year-old conductor in  Tosca  that quickly attracted a buzz. It was a Saturday night during one of the seasons in June … » Read

In an appointment that aligns with many other classical music organizations’ in the last year, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) has named a chief diversity officer, a newly created position reporting directly to the CEO.   An … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — Conductor James Levine, who ruled over the Metropolitan Opera for more than four decades before being eased aside when his health declined and then fired for sexual improprieties, has died. He was 77. Levine died March 9 in … » Read

"The Metropolitan Opera honors the memory of former Music Director James Levine, who held the musical reins of the company for four-and-a-half decades. Maestro Levine conducted more than 2,500 performances of 85 different operas at the Met, … » Read

“The Boston Symphony Orchestra extends its sincere condolences to the family of James Levine at the news of his passing. One of the most profoundly gifted musicians of the 20th and 21st centuries, James Levine led many extraordinary … » Read