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

Citing “a divergence of opinion” with the board about the future growth of the company, Kim Gaynor [pictured] has announced she will step down as general director of the Vancouver Opera on Nov. 1. In the position for three years, … » Read

Albanian-born pianist  Marie-Ange Nguci [pictured], 22, has joined the HarrisonParrott agency for worldwide representation--her first management firm. She has performed at a number of international festivals, including Ravinia, Beethovenfest … » Read

Portland (OR) Opera has elevated Sue Dixon [pictured]to the post of general director; she has been external affairs director and interim GD since Christopher Mattaliano, who led the company as general director for 16 years, left in July. … » Read

Friday evening, the Metropolitan Opera quietly announced that Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin would take on the additional title of artistic director of the company’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program (LYADP), … » Read

Jasper Parrott [pictured], founding partner of the large (72 employees), London-based agency that bears his name, is the subject of a recent interview in VAN. Among the topics covered are his fears for London orchestras and their touring … » Read

In honor of its 100 th anniversary, the Los Angeles Philharmonic will pull out all the stops this weekend. It has gathered its last three maestros, each of whom will lead a specialty work. Tonight, Zubin Mehta, music director from 1962-78, will … » Read

MILAN — When I meet conductor Michele Gamba in October, his latest musical marathon is drawing to a close. He has recently concluded a run of L'elisir d'amore at La Scala featuring baritone Ambrogio Maestri, rising soprano Rosa Feola, … » Read

Raymond Leppard, an early-music advocate who ultimately broadened his interest and expertise, died on October 22 in Indianapolis, IN, his adopted home after serving as the Indianapolis Symphony’s music director for 14 years (1987-2001). He … » Read