Skillfully positioned in the middle of one of its membership drives, WQXR has announced the particulars of Aria Code , launching its third season March 10 with the focus on “Nessun dorma” from Puccini’s Turandot . Rhiannon … » Read

When Andreas Mitisek, the Long Beach Opera’s long-time artistic director stepped down in 2020, all concerned knew he would be a hard act to follow. His innovative, experimental productions, often in unconventional locales, had won the … » Read

David Pratt, executive director of the Savannah Music Festival (SMF) for slightly more the two years, is to be the new CEO and executive director of the Austin (TX) Symphony Orchestra (ASO), which, at 110 years and counting, calls itself the … » Read

Kent Nagano, whose acclaimed 16-year tenure as music director of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) ended at the end of last season, is back in town to conduct several programs this month and, at the same time, receive the … » Read

Caramoor has appointed  Edward J. Lewis III to succeed Jeffrey P. Haydon as president & CEO. Haydon succeeded Welz Kauffman in the top administrative post at Ravinia last September. Lewis, a onetime violist in the Dallas Symphony … » Read

Roger Englander, a television producer best known for his work on CBS-TV's New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts with Leonard Bernstein, died in Newport, RI, on February 8. He was 94 years old. In addition to his 14-year association with … » Read

In January the Baytown Symphony Orchestra (BSO) named Clarence Frank as the 50-year-old ensemble’s new music director. The first African American conductor in the orchestra’s—and perhaps the state’s -- history, Frank is a … » Read

Back in October, when Lio Kuokman stepped in for Jaap van Zweden to lead the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra’s season opener , the event somewhat evoked Leonard Bernstein’s legendary debut with the New York Philharmonic—with a … » Read

The Los Angeles based Colburn School, which has grown over the last 70 years from a community music school into a major conservatory, has announced that 26-year-old choreographer and former New York City Ballet dancer Silas Farley is to succeed … » Read

The Salzburg Festival will honor Riccardo Muti’s 80 th birthday this summer, as well as the 50 th anniversary of his Festival debut. “I’ve gone every year but one since I started in 1971,” he told Musical America when … » Read