Mario Garcia Durham will step down as president and CEO of The Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) as of April 2020, the end of his current contract. Durham succeeded Sandra Gibson when she left in 2011. Previously he was at … » Read

On Nov. 3 the Wexford Festival Opera brought down the curtain on its 68 th season. The conclusion of the 13-day affair, which featured 41 events, also marked the end to David Agler’s 15-year tenure as artistic director. Rosetta Cucchi will … » Read

Jessica Elkhatib , a cellist who has worked primarily in the commercial and Broadway realms, won $10.9 million in a lawsuit filed in Westchester County Supreme Court on Friday. The New York Post reports that Elkhatib, who holds masters degrees in … » Read

Silkroad, the international musicians’ collective founded in 2000 by Yo-Yo Ma, has announced that Kathy Fletcher is to be its next executive director; she succeeds Eduardo A. Braniff, who left last month after two-and-a-half years.   … » Read

In a review of the first act of Die Walküre by the Colburn Orchestra, led by Esa-Pekka Salonen, Los Angeles Times critic Mark Swed finds much to like. Salonen, Swed writes, “made the act more about the orchestra than the … » Read

The Fort Worth Symphony has three new principals. Colburn alumna Anna Kolotylina [pictured], originally from the Ukraine and formerly with the Oregon Symphony, is the new principal viola, succeeding Laura Bruton, who passed away in March. Also … » Read

Yesterday, two press releases arrived simultaneously: One from the League of American Orchestras announcing the 12 participants in its annual, eight-month Emerging Leaders Program, which trains budding orchestra administrators to move up the … » Read

The Metropolitan Opera has lost another member of its PR team. Meg Boyle, who writes press releases and doles out complimentary press tickets, is leaving to join Carnegie Hall as Public Relations Associate later this month. Boyle follows Met … » Read

The popular New York City Center series Encores! has selected a new artistic director. Lear deBessonet, currently resident director of the Tony-honored series, will assume the top slot beginning in 2021, when Jack Viertel, in the position for 20 … » Read

Joyce DiDonato will conclude her massive “In War & Peace” tour at the Kennedy Center on November 9, having taken it to 44 cities and 23 countries since its launch in 2016. The following day, on November 10, she will sit down in at … » Read