Well, that was quick. In September, Jesse Rosen stepped down as CEO of the American Symphony Orchestra League. At the time, he indicated he would be retiring after 22 years, the last 12 of which as the top executive. Leaving the job, perhaps, but … » Read

The Amsterdam Concertgebouw has announced that Fabio Luisi has been forced to cancel his Christmas Matinee concert with the orchestra having tested positive for Covid-19, requiring him to quarantine for ten days. Wunderkind Klaus … » Read

Every year since 1954, King’s College Cambridge has presented its annual Christmas Eve television broadcast, Carols from King’s , featuring its famous boychoir augmented by choral scholars—the older voices, who are generally … » Read

The musicians of the New York Philharmonic may not be able to return to David Geffen Hall for many months to come, thanks to the pandemic, but things are clearly moving along in the executive suite. As of January 1, President and CEO Deborah … » Read

A 250th birthday celebration is a big deal. Only a miniscule number of figures from history merit a worldwide outpouring after so much time. So what is it about Beethoven that elicits such a personal reaction from masses of people? Even during an … » Read

Julia Fischer, among the world’s top violinists, today divides her time between international concert appearances (pre- and post-Covid) and teaching at the Munich University of Music and Performing Arts in her hometown. In a thoughtful … » Read

Stephen R. Smoot, who for 15 years produced hundreds of concerts for the Ravinia Festival, died suddenly on Nov. 27 at the age of 57. No cause of death was given by the festival. Smoot was a master at making artists (and audiences) happy through … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — Ann Reinking, the Tony Award-winning choreographer, actress, and Bob Fosse collaborator who helped spread a cool, muscular hybrid of jazz and burlesque movement to Broadway and beyond, has died. She was 71. Reinking died … » Read

Americans for the Arts (AFTA), the nation’s top lobbying group on behalf of arts and culture, has come under fire from former employees and its own advisory council for failing to address issues ranging from lack of diversity to sexual … » Read

Israeli conductor Omer Meir Wellber--chief conductor of the BBC Philharmonic, music director of the Teatro Massimo Palermo, principal guest of the Semperoper Dresden—will add yet another post in the 2022-23 season. Concurrent with Lotte de … » Read