Dr. Ben Levy, head of the gastroenterology department at Chicago’s Mount Sinai Hospital, once considered a career as a cellist before opting instead for medicine. But he remains a musician at heart, fully aware that music is often as … » Read

Antonio Pappano, the longest serving music director of the Royal Opera House, since 2002, will step down to become chief conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra as of September 2024. He takes the position of designate in September 2023, when … » Read

The appointment of James Darrah as the third artistic director in the history of the Long Beach Opera (LBO)in late February promises to burnish the company’s  reputation for innovative, high-risk programming. He first became acquainted … » Read

Another daily newspaper has been able to continue its classical music coverage thanks to funds from the Rubin Institute for Music Criticism and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. The Chicago Tribune will fill the staff job that  John … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — The new PBS documentary on dancer-choreographer Twyla Tharp is called Twyla Moves . In retrospect, that sounds a bit weak. It really should be called Twyla Moves and Won’t Stop As Long As She Has a Detectable Pulse , a … » Read

Bronx Arts Ensemble, nearing 50 years of bringing performances and teaching artists into Bronx public schools, has named Judith Insell as its executive director. Insell, a professional violist born and raised in the city’s much-maligned … » Read

Kevin McKenzie will retire as artistic director of the American Ballet Theater at the end of 2022, after nearly 30 years in the job. His tenure represents more than a third of the company’s history, having succeeded co-directors Jane … » Read

It looked set to be a gala y ear for Miles Mykkanen. The 29-year-old tenor made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Second Apprentice in the company’s new production of Wozzeck , but when the run ended on January 22, 2020, lockdown was less … » Read

Kenneth Cooper, harpsichordist, pianist, and musicologist revered especially among Baroque music circles, died at age 79 on March 13 in Manhattan. As a performer, Cooper combined scrupulous musicianship and articulate technique with an … » Read

Almost 40 years after her death, composer and jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams is garnering headlines for two new performances of her 1945 composition Zodiac Suite . A musical prodigy born in Atlanta in 1910 and raised in Pittsburgh, Williams first … » Read