The Indianapolis-based American Pianists Association, which holds alternating jazz and classical piano competitions every two years, said on Tuesday that its longtime president and CEO, Joel Harrison, will retire on June 30, 2021. Harrison has … » Read

In an interview first published in Italy’s Corriere della Sera and subsequently picked up by Austrian media, Zubin Mehta, the 84-year-old India-born head of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (among other jobs), blasts American media for defaming … » Read

The Kanneh-Masons, one of classical music’s most gifted array of siblings, have been busy during the pandemic. On Nov. 6 Decca will release Carnival , their first album recorded as a family. "We all grew up listening to albums like Peter … » Read

The death of Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg on Sept. 18 not only deprived the U.S. of one of its most storied jurists but also one of its most avid opera lovers. “She was our greatest advocate and our greatest … » Read

Afton Battle, a recent development consultant to a number of dance and theater groups, is to be the new general director of the Fort Worth Opera Company. A former professional vocalist, with degrees from Westminster Choir College, she succeeds … » Read

Mikko Franck, music director of the Orchester Philharmonique de Radio France since 2015, has renewed his contract with the network through 2025. This marks the 41-year-old Finnish conductor’s second renewal with the orchestra, which reports … » Read

Soprano Anna Netrebko has been hospitalized in Moscow for five days, suffering from Covid-19. Her Instagram posts claim “Everything will be fine! The devil is not so terrible as it is described.” In some ways, the news is hardly … » Read

After a reportedly serious illness, Katharina Wagner has sufficiently recovered to return to the helm of the Bayreuth Festival. “She's coming back and she's going to work again,” said the festival's press spokesman, Hubertus Herrmann, … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO — Ann Getty, a longtime benefactor of the arts and culture in San Francisco who married into the storied Getty family, died September 14. She was 79. She died of a heart attack, her husband Gordon Getty said. A native of … » Read

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra may only be only performing in small ensemble configurations this fall, but that doesn’t seem to have prevented it from hiring new musicians—six, in fact, plus a new associate conductor/music director of … » Read