Has the rarefied world of French ballet come under the sway of American-style cancel culture? The new director of Paris Opera, home also to France's top ballet company, has been accused of political correctness gone mad for appearing to suggest … » Read

Despite a first season interrupted by the pandemic, Fabio Luisi has renewed his contract as music director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra for five years, bringing him through 2028-29. Apparently cleared after testing positive for COV-19 last … » Read

Michael Stern, music director of the Kansas City Symphony and the Stamford (CT) Symphony, is to be the new music director of the Colorado-based National Repertory Orchestra (NRO). He succeeds Carl Topilow, in the job for 42 years. Topilow will … » Read

LONDON (AP) — Simon Rattle is set to leave his job as music director at the London Symphony Orchestra to lead the Munich-based Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in 2023, the two organizations said Monday. He will retain a role with the LSO … » Read

Simon Rattle’s  decision to exit the London Symphony for the Bavarian Radio Symphony in 2023 after what will have been six years—when he was in Birmingham for 18 and Berlin for 16—has hit Britain hard. The general consensus … » Read

Helgi Tomasson, artistic director and principal choreographer of San Francisco Ballet (SFB) since 1985, has announced his intention to step aside by June 2022. "Despite or perhaps because of the year we all lived through together, the Company has … » Read

After nearly a year’s absence, Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) Music Director Andris Nelsons is returning to the Symphony Hall podium this month to lead a series of recordings to be released on consecutive Thursdays in February on BSO NOW, … » Read

The American Federation of Musicians’ Local Los Angeles-area chapter 47, representing some 6,000 musicians, has broken with tradition and elected, gasp, a woman to serve as its next president. Stephanie O’Keefe, a professional French … » Read

South American conductor Rafael Payare, an alumnus of Venezuela’s famed El Sistema program and current music director of the San Diego Symphony, is to be the next music director of the Orchestre Symphonique of Montréal (OSM), … » Read

Early in 2020 after a recording session in Berlin, Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt lost her “best friend,” when movers accidentally dropped and damaged beyond repair her one-of-a-kind F278 Fazioli piano. Although Paolo Fazioli, the … » Read