Tony Award-winning composer Jerry Herman, who wrote the cheerful, good-natured music and lyrics for such classic shows as Mame, Hello, Dolly!, and La Cage aux Folles , died Thursday. He was 88. His goddaughter Jane Dorian confirmed his death to … » Read

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Opera singer and conductor Peter Schreier, who won fame at the Salzburg Festival and Milan's La Scala, has died in Dresden, Germany. He was 84. The dpa news agency reported Thursday that he died Wednesday, citing … » Read

Dalton Baldwin, an American pianist known for his sensitive collaboration with some of the world’s greatest singers, died on Dec. 12 in Kunming, in the Yunnan Province of China. He was 87 and collapsed while returning to Tokyo after a visit … » Read

In the face of undeniable scientific evidence of manmade climate change, the classical music industry must re-examine how it does business, argues Jasper Parrott, co-founder and executive chairman of HarrisonParrott Ltd. International touring, … » Read

When Sandi Macdonald left her job as the Miami residency director for the Cleveland Orchestra to head the North Carolina Symphony in 2011, she joined an organization that was reeling from the aftereffects of the 2007 recession. Steep declines in … » Read

Maxim Lando may be only 17, but thanks to a newsworthy stint deputizing for the injured left hand of his mentor Lang Lang, he’s already had a taste of fame and fortune. Add to that a first prize at the 2018 Young Concert Artists (YCA) … » Read

Abbey Simon, an American pianist who considered himself lucky because “I had always known I was a pianist,” died on Dec. 18 in his Geneva home. He was 99. Beginning in the 1940s, Simon established a reputation as a recitalist of the … » Read

Alain Perroux is to be the general director of Opéra national du Rhin in Strasbourg, as of next month. Perroux, director of artistic administration and dramaturg of the Aix Festival since 2009, succeeds Bertrand Rossi, who has been serving … » Read

Russian conductor Tugan Sokhiev is to remain at the helm of the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse through 2021; previously he signed a four-year contract in 2016. He has been at the orchestra’s helm since 2008; the 42-year-old … » Read

In February 2020 Paul Helfrich will join the Orlando Philharmonic as executive director. He succeeds Christopher Barton, who left in March 2019. Longtime arts administrator  David Hyslop has been serving as interim since last May and will … » Read