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Andrew Norman Joins Juilliard Composition Faculty

February 26, 2020 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
Andrew Norman, Musical America’s  2017 Composer of the Year, is at the moment based in Los Angeles, but not for long. He will be relocating to New York to take on two major appointments next season: To hold the Debs Composer’s … » Read
 

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A Few (More) Recent Artist Signings

February 26, 2020 | Nicholas Beard, Musical America
Czech conductor Petr Popelka [pictured], conductor fellow of NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, chief conductor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra (KORK) as of next season, has joined the roster of Munich-based KünstlerSekretariat am Gasteig. A … » Read
 

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The Flap Over Yuja and the Sunglasses

February 25, 2020 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
Both her playing and her devotion to haute couture are attention-grabbing every time Yuja Wang steps on a recital stage. But at a Feb. 21 concert in Vancouver the Chinese-American pianist (MA’s 2017 Artist of the Year) added something extra … » Read
 

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AGMA Investigation Finds Domingo Guilty as Charged

February 25, 2020 | Jocelyn Gecker, Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An investigation into legendary singer Plácido Domingo by the U.S. union representing opera performers found more than two dozen people who said they were sexually harassed or witnessed inappropriate behavior by … » Read
 

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3 Orchestras Get New Executive Directors

February 25, 2020 | Nicholas Beard, Musical America
Dave Moss , executive director of the Haymarket Opera in Chicago and a former violist with the Chicago Philharmonic and Elgin Symphony, starts his new job as executive director of the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra March 1. He succeeds Scott Harrison, … » Read
 

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Esteemed Dance Critic Tobi Tobias Dies

February 23, 2020 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
Tobi Tobias, longtime dance critic for New York magazine (1980-2002), contributor to The New York Times, The Village Voice, Bloomberg News, Dance Magazine , and other outlets, died on February 13 at her home in Manhattan. She was 81 and had been … » Read
 

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New Principals in Minnesota, London...

February 21, 2020 | Nicholas Beard, Musical America
Marguerite Lynn Williams, principal harp of the Lyric Opera of Chicago orchestra, is to be the new principal of the Minnesota Orchestra, effective next season. Williams--also on the faculties of the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern … » Read
 

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La Renée Gives Her Archives to Juilliard

February 21, 2020 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
Renée Fleming is donating her personal archives to the Peter Jay Sharp Special Collections at Juilliard. The collection documents her career, from its beginnings in the 1980s up to the present, and includes selected correspondence, press … » Read
 

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Boston Lyric Opera, Revitalized, Readies for the Next Step

February 20, 2020 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
In 2002, family considerations led Esther Nelson to take a break from a successful career that had seen her at the helms of companies in Nevada, North Carolina, Virginia, and Cooperstown, N.Y. By the time the Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) approached … » Read
 

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Recent Conductor News

February 20, 2020 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
Eric Jacobsen , music director of the Orlando Philharmonic, cofounder and coartistic director of the new music ensemble The Knights, has entered the race for artistic director of the Oregon Bach Festival. He joins the previously announced Julian … » Read
 
 

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