Brian Cole, interim chancellor of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) since August of 2019, has been appointed to the position permanently. The news was announced by the 17-campus UNC System’s Interim President Bill … » Read

In a move described locally as largely political, Austria’s Culture Minister has resigned under pressure from festivals and orchestras to let them re-open, especially since shops and some museums have been permitted to do so. The government … » Read

In today’s One to One interview on Musical America, Michael Kaiser, among the most sought-after arts consultants in the world, predicts that it could be a year before concert halls and opera houses re-open in earnest. He divides the … » Read

Miah Im, who heads the music staff for the Los Angeles Opera, has joined the Houston Grand Opera as music director of the HGO Studio (its training program). She also joins the general company’s casting committee and will plan the … » Read

Peter Biggs, a former CEO of the advertising agency BBDO in Melbourne, is the new CEO of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; he has been serving as interim since December 2019 , stepping into the position of Christopher Blake, who retired in … » Read

Blake-Anthony Johnson, a cellist and director of community and learning for the Louisville Orchestra, is to be the next CEO of the Chicago Sinfonietta, which self defines as “the nation’s most diverse orchestra.” He succeeds Jim … » Read

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Little Richard, one of the chief architects of rock ‘n’ roll whose piercing wail, pounding piano and towering pompadour irrevocably altered popular music while introducing black R&B to white America, … » Read

Petr Popelka, conductor fellow of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra in Hamburg, is to take two new positions as of next season. One as chief conductor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra (KORK), the second as principal guest conductor of the … » Read

Hungarian conductor Gábor Káli , who in 2018 won both the Nestlé and Salzburg Festival Young Conductors Award and the top prize at the inaugural Hong Kong International Conducting Competition, has signed with HarrisonParrott … » Read

NEW YORK — Rosalind Elias, an American mezzo-soprano who created roles in a pair of Samuel Barber world premieres and made her Broadway debut at 81, has died. She was 90. Elias had been slowed by congestive heart failure for the past six … » Read