Bassoonist and MA Top 30 Pro Lecolion Washington ’s latest gig—recording Hans Zimmer’s score for Disney’s remake of The Lion King on the Sony Studios lot in Los Angeles—was a departure from his usual fare. The … » Read

MILAN--As previously reported , Fabio Luisi has resigned as music director of Florence's Maggio Musicale, due to the power struggle over exiting Intendant Cristiano Chiarot (who hired Luisi in 2018), Florence Mayor Dario Nardella, and … » Read

In Venezuela to speak out against the Maduro government is to risk immediate incarceration, as a young musician discovered in June. After being dismissed from the National Philharmonic, 25-year-old clarinetist Karen Palacios fired off an angry … » Read

The Seattle Opera (SO) has taken a step to ensure that issues of race and gender inform its programming by appointing its first Scholar-in-Residence. Naomi André is a trained singer with a PhD in musicology from Harvard and currently a … » Read

Two key executives have announced their intended departures: Jim Hirsch [pictured], as CEO of the Chicago Sinfonietta, and Christopher Mattaliano, as general director of the Portland (OR) Opera. In a letter to supporters on Wednesday, Hirsch, a … » Read

MILAN--Fabio Luisi has resigned as music director of Florence’s Maggio Musicale. His announcement today comes on the heels of a behind-the-scenes power struggle over Cristiano Chiarot’s departure as the theater’s intendant. … » Read

Jack Viertel is to step down as artistic director of the New York City Center Encores! series at the end of the 2020 season. It will be his 20 th in the role, although he has been involved in an advisory capacity since its inception in 1994. He … » Read

Robert Schumann’s place in the firmament of 19 th -century composers is secure. The other Schumann—his wife—should be there, too. This year marks the bicentennial of Clara Wieck’s birth. As a pianist, she was a child … » Read

Zubin Mehta led his final performance with the Israel Philharmonic last Saturday, in an outdoor concert at Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv that attracted “an enormous crowd of young and old,” according to eyewitness reports. The event marked … » Read

As the 2019 Mostly Mozart season gets underway, Lincoln Center has announced that Louis Langrée, the festival’s music director since 2003, has extended his contract through the summer of 2023, which will mark a total of 21 seasons at … » Read