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

Another key staff member is leaving the Seattle Symphony. The latest is Senior Vice President for Marketing and Business Operations Charlie Wade, with the organization for five years. He is moving on to Inghilleri Consulting Group (ICG), a firm … » Read

James Huang Zheng, an influential Chinese music educator and onetime principal oboe of the Hong Kong Philharmonic, was taken into custody by local law enforcement on July 10. According to Hong Kong newspaper Sing Tao Daily , on the night of July … » Read

Finnish soprano Karita Mattila has fallen in love with Twitter. Long a self-described technophobe, she first took to the popular social medium in a moment of personal crisis—the end of her marriage earlier this year—and found that … » Read

British conductor Timothy Redmond [pictured] is the new music director of the Winston-Salem (NC) Symphony, one of five conductors who led the orchestra last season as part of its search. Audiences were part of the selection process. Redmond is … » Read

The Vatican’s storied Sistine Chapel Choir, which has seen significant commercial exposure in recent years (including CDs on Deutsche Grammophon and an appearance at this year's Met Museum annual gala), is mired in financial scandal. Last … » Read

Yves Abel has made a three-year commitment as principal conductor of the San Diego Opera, starting in the 2020-21 season. The position obligates him to lead one double bill in the first season, a French opera in the second, and one more in the … » Read

Kim Davey’s Uber ride in Durban, South Africa, in May turned out to be anything but routine when her driver, Menzi Mngoma, began to sing “La donna è mobile” from Rigoletto . “I was completely bowled over . . . [I … » Read

Elena Dubinets, VP of Artistic Planning and Creative Projects at the Seattle Symphony (SSO), is to move to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) next month, in the new position of Chief Artistic Officer. She arrives as Robert Spano prepares to … » Read