At ten, Yannick Nézet-Séguin decided he wanted to be a conductor when he grew up, a decision from which he never wavered. “I was abnormally intense,” he tells an interviewer from The New York Times . “At that … » Read

MILAN--Plácido Domingo received a standing ovation for his 50th-anniversary gala concert at La Scala on Sunday and returned the appreciation with a rare a cappella performance. Standing alone on the stage holding three yellow roses, … » Read

The Paris Conservatory—Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris (CNSMDP)—has named it first woman director. Émilie Delorme, current director of the Academy at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, is to … » Read

As American conductor David Robertson makes his exit as chief conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra this month, the orchestra announces that his successor will be native daughter Simone Young, effective in 2022. For the year prior, … » Read

Kendra Whitlock Ingram, executive director of the University of Denver’s Newman Center for the Performing Arts since 2016, is to be the new president and CEO of Milwaukee’s Marcus Performing Arts Center. The first woman to hold the … » Read

Peter Emmerich, press spokesman for the Bayreuth Festival for over 30 years, has died. He was 61. Last night, Festival Director Katharina Wagner confirmed his sudden death. He was found  in his apartment; the cause is not as yet known. … » Read

UPDATE: As of late Friday evening, Todd tendered his resignation and the board of directors accepted it, thanking him for a job well done. A letter from the players committee submitted to the board of directors on Tuesday called for the dismissal … » Read

In an interview advancing the February premiere of his and playwright Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice , composer/conductor Matthew Aucoin calls it “the first thing I’ve done that I’m uncomplicatedly excited for.” A … » Read

The Tucson Symphony Orchestra, which self-defines as “the oldest continuing professional performing arts organization in the state of Arizona,” has a new president and CEO in Steven P. Haines [pictured], recent CEO of The Young … » Read

For over 20 years, the internationally acclaimed flutist Eugenia Zukerman interviewed artists and musicians on CBS Sunday Morning [and Musical America], often raising sensitive issues. Now she is the one called on to answer sensitive questions … » Read