“Washington National Opera and the Kennedy Center have zero tolerance policies with regard to harassment, discrimination, or abuse of any kind, and we take allegations of this nature very seriously. The specific accusations reported today … » Read

On Aug. 10 Gustavo Dudamel, celebrated artistic director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and his (new) wife, Spanish actress María Valverde, collaborated on a performance of Felix Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream by the … » Read

Chinese American conductor Xian Zhang, music director of the New Jersey Symphony through 2023-24, has been appointed principal guest conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra starting in 2020. Sir Andrew Davis is the orchestra’s … » Read

After a lengthy search, Berkshire Choral International has selected Steve Smith, for four years the executive director of the Seattle Men’s Chorus and Seattle Women’s Chorus, as its new president. He succeeds Debi Kennedy.   BCI … » Read

The University of Michigan is preparing to fire countertenor David Daniels for previously reported allegations of sexual misconduct ; he has been on a leave of absence since the charges first surfaced one year ago. To make its case, the … » Read

La Jolla Symphony & Chorus (LJS&C), which self-defines as San Diego’s oldest and largest community orchestra and chorus (200 members), has a new executive director, complementing its musical direction under Steven Schick. She is … » Read

The University of North Carolina School of the Arts has hired Tony Woodcock,  former president of the New England Conservatory, onetime CEO at a number of orchestras, as interim dean of the School of Music. He succeeds Brian Cole for the … » Read

Pavarotti died almost 12 years ago, he has hardly disappeared. A major documentary by the Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard opened this past June to positive reviews, and recordings by the “King of the High Cs” remain popular … » Read

Yannick Nézet-Séguin has cancelled two of his four scheduled concerts with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. The orchestra, booked for a total of eight nights, will perform its first two concerts … » Read

Conductor Leonard Slatkin has responded to Tim Smith’s suggestion last week that Baltimore Symphony Music Director Marin Alsop should step into the fray on the side of the musicians. Slatkin recounts how he had been at the artistic helms of … » Read