The University of North Carolina School of the Arts has hired Tony Woodcock,  former president of the New England Conservatory, onetime CEO at a number of orchestras, as interim dean of the School of Music. He succeeds Brian Cole for the … » Read

Pavarotti died almost 12 years ago, he has hardly disappeared. A major documentary by the Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard opened this past June to positive reviews, and recordings by the “King of the High Cs” remain popular … » Read

Yannick Nézet-Séguin has cancelled two of his four scheduled concerts with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. The orchestra, booked for a total of eight nights, will perform its first two concerts … » Read

Conductor Leonard Slatkin has responded to Tim Smith’s suggestion last week that Baltimore Symphony Music Director Marin Alsop should step into the fray on the side of the musicians. Slatkin recounts how he had been at the artistic helms of … » Read

The Kanneh-Mason siblings are taking the classical music world by storm. Sister Isata, the oldest at 23, currently has the top selling classical album in the U.K.  Romance: The Piano Music of Clara Schumann. Her brother Sheku, three years … » Read

Gia Kourlas is to move from free-lance to staff dance critic for The New York Times ; she steps into Alastair Macauley’s slot, though minus his moniker as “chief.” Macauley retired in 2018 after 11 years in the job. Kourlas … » Read

The U. S. Senate yesterday voted today to confirm Mary Anne Carter as chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. Carter was a policy advisor to (Republican) Senator Rick Scott when he was Governor of Florida. She has no experience in the … » Read

Opus 3 Artists has signed two new artists to its roster. Coming from Columbia Artists, where he was managed by Doug Sheldon, now gone from the company , is Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire [pictured], whom Opus 3 will represent in North America, … » Read

Columbia Artists is losing one of its senior managers in the opera department: VP and Artist Manager Damon Bristo is leaving after 13 years with the firm to become director of artistic administration for the Opera Theater of Saint Louis … » Read

Major changes at Opera Theater of Saint Louis include the appointments of Columbia Artists VP Damon Bristo and soprano-cum-opera-director Patricia Racette [pictured], and the exit of artistic administrator Paul Kilmer. As of September 16, Bristo … » Read