Aaron Rosand, famed violinist and pedagogue, died on July 9 at the age of 92. A member of the class of 1948 of the Curtis Institute, Rosand made his professional recital debut at age nine in a recital at Chicago’s Civic Opera House and … » Read

Marcus L. Overton, a passionate and colorful 54-year veteran of performing arts administration as well as an Emmy award-winning radio and TV host, died at age 75 on June 9 in San Diego, after a long battle with kidney disease.   … » Read

Another major artist has left Columbia Artists, this one with plans for a significant change in repertoire. Deborah Voigt has moved to the year-old, San Francisco-based Promethean Artists, with which she plans to ease off opera and concentrate … » Read

ORANGE, FR -- When Peter Gelb took over New York's legendary Metropolitan Opera in 2006, one of his jobs was to organize a farewell for Placido Domingo. But 13 years later the indefatigable Spanish tenor is still "the king of opera," headlining … » Read

Austrian conductor Hans Graf is to be chief conductor of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) as of the 2020-21 season. Graf, onetime music director of the Houston Symphony, among others, will succeed Chinese American Lan Shui, who stepped down … » Read

More changes at the Juilliard School as the new president continues to realign key staff and in some cases faculty members. Latest is Rosalie Contreras, who has relocated from Seattle, where she has been with the Seattle Symphony for 19 years, … » Read

João Gilberto, credited as the father of the bossa nova, has died at the age of 88. According to AFP, he has been living in Rio for the last decade, struggling with mental health and financial issues. In 1958, Gilberto launched what was to … » Read

The Orchestre Régional Avignon Provence, founded over two centuries ago, has named Debora Waldman to be its next music director. She starts in September 2020, with a contract of three years. Waldman served from 2006-09 as assistant to Kurt … » Read

Multi-genre presenter Performance Santa Fe, soon to launch its 83 rd season, has hired a new artistic and executive director in Chad Hilligus [pictured], 37, resident producer and director of major gifts for the McCallum Theater in Palm Desert, … » Read

Come September, Rishi Rane is going to be much busier than the average fourth-year medical student. While completing his studies at Florida International University’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine and applying to residency programs, … » Read