Lori Dimun is the new president and CEO of Chicago’s Harris Theater. She succeeds Patricia Barretto, whose three-year tenure was cut short by her death in March . “We are thrilled to have Lori leading the organization during this … » Read

Carrie-Ann Matheson is to be the new artistic director of the San Francisco Opera Center (SFOC), succeeding Sheri Greenawald, who is set to retire in December . Matheson starts in January 2021, joined by onetime IMG Artists VP and artist manager … » Read

Classical guitarist and lute player Julian Bream has died at his home in Wiltshire, UK, at the age of 87. Among the world’s pre-eminent musicians, Bream toured widely and recorded prodigiously at the height of his career, earning four … » Read

Violinist Gil Shaham has joined the faculty of the Bard College Conservatory in upstate New York. Shaham, Musical America’s 2012 Instrumentalist of the Year and among the world’s most celebrated (and recorded) musicians, will teach … » Read

The Manhattan School of Music (MSM) has named Tazewell Thompson as director of opera studies in the school’s Vocal Arts Division. The Harlem native, who assumes his position immediately, is charged with developing a cohesive vision for the … » Read

On Aug. 31, Kent Nagano will depart the Montreal Symphony Orchestra after 14 years as music director. He arrived on the heels of the tumultuous 25-year reign of Charles Dutoit, who  resigned in 2002 upon learning that his musicians were to … » Read

Marty Camino is the new executive director of the Center for the Arts in Jackson, WY. He succeeds David Rothman who resigned in March after a year in the job. Camino, who first relocated to Jackson Hole in 2013 to work for the Grand Teton Music … » Read

Damon Bristo recently resigned director of artistic administration for the Opera Theater of St. Louis. He had been placed on unpaid leave upon his arrest on July 23 for child sex trafficking in the second degree. The news was first reported on … » Read

Joe Gentry McKaughan, Vice President of Public Affairs at Lincoln Center for some 30 years, died on May 15, 2020, at a hospice in Griffin, GA, his hometown. After he retired from LincInc in the late 1980s/early 90s, he moved back to Griffin, … » Read

The classical music world of Los Angeles lost one of its most devoted and generous patrons when Warner Henry died on Aug. 8 at 82. Henry and his wife Carol supported, among other organizations, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles … » Read