Among the many individuals and organizations deeply affected by the tragedy of Mariss Jansons’ death on December 1, 2019, were the two leaders of the Salzburg Festival – Artistic Director Markus Hinterhäuser and President Helga … » Read

For only the second time in its history, the Pittsburgh Symphony has hired a principal pops conductor. He is onetime Basie-band trumpeter Byron Stripling, 58. He succeeds Marvin Hamlisch, who died in 2012. In addition to working with Count Basie, … » Read

Cate Haste’s new biography, Passionate Spirit: The Life of Alma Mahler , profiles a woman whose tempestuous relationships with the avatars of early modernism made her a cultural force in her own right. Born in Vienna in 1879, the daughter … » Read

Ben Cadwallader, executive director of the Vermont Symphony since 2015, is to take the executive helm of The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra starting in March. He succeeds Scott Harrison, who left after four years in the job. Cadwallader's hiring … » Read

Emanuel Borok, concertmaster of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra from 1985 to 2010, died on January 5 after battling lung cancer. He was 75. Borok came to the DSO from the Boston Symphony after 11 years as associate concertmaster and concertmaster … » Read

The master of music of Westminster Cathedral has resigned, as of December 31, 2019. Martin Baker, in the job nearly 20 years, was not in favor of upcoming changes at the Cathedral Choir School, which is moving from a seven- to a five-day-a- week … » Read

Madani Younis’s recent appointment as chief executive producer at the Shed, and resignation from an apparently lesser post at London's Southbank Center, goes to the heart of the U.K.’s failure to achieve real diversity in the arts, … » Read

Wesleyan University’s Center for the Arts has appointed an interim director in the wake of Sarah Curran’s departure in November. She is Jennifer Calienes, a Massachusetts-based arts consultant whose recent clients include Urban Bush … » Read

Dutch violinist and pedagogue Jaap Schröder died on Tuesday December 31 at the age of 94. Together with Gustav Leonardt, Frans Brüggen, and Anner Bÿlsma, he founded the Netherlands Quartet in 1960. In 1975 he formed the Quartetto … » Read

Opera director Harry Kupfer, who oversaw the Komische Opera for over 20 years, died in Berlin on December 30, 2019, “after a lengthy illness,” according to his management agency, Arsis.  He was 84. Born in Berlin on August 12, … » Read