The master of music of Westminster Cathedral has resigned, as of December 31, 2019. Martin Baker, in the job nearly 20 years, was not in favor of upcoming changes at the Cathedral Choir School, which is moving from a seven- to a five-day-a- week … » Read

Madani Younis’s recent appointment as chief executive producer at the Shed, and resignation from an apparently lesser post at London's Southbank Center, goes to the heart of the U.K.’s failure to achieve real diversity in the arts, … » Read

Wesleyan University’s Center for the Arts has appointed an interim director in the wake of Sarah Curran’s departure in November. She is Jennifer Calienes, a Massachusetts-based arts consultant whose recent clients include Urban Bush … » Read

Dutch violinist and pedagogue Jaap Schröder died on Tuesday December 31 at the age of 94. Together with Gustav Leonardt, Frans Brüggen, and Anner Bÿlsma, he founded the Netherlands Quartet in 1960. In 1975 he formed the Quartetto … » Read

Opera director Harry Kupfer, who oversaw the Komische Opera for over 20 years, died in Berlin on December 30, 2019, “after a lengthy illness,” according to his management agency, Arsis.  He was 84. Born in Berlin on August 12, … » Read

Soundstreams, which self-defines as “the largest global presenter of new Canadian music,” has a new executive director. He is arts consultant Menon Dwarka, whose background includes stints as music program director at the Harlem … » Read

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