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

Jan Nast [pictured], current orchestra director of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, is to succeed Johannes Neubert as intendant of the Vienna Symphony. Neubert has moved to a similar post with the Orchestre National de France as of … » Read

Estonian conductor Kristiina Poska [pictured] has signed with HarrisonParrott for worldwide general management. She was previously with Raab and Böhm. Poska, 40, is music director of Theatre Basel and recently announced as the new chief … » Read

MILAN—Woody Allen said Tuesday as he prepared for his directing debut at Milan’s La Scala opera house that he has “always had a warm and affectionate following in Europe.” Allen was greeted with applause at a news … » Read

The weekend opera world news is an indication of the ongoing struggle for the soul of the art. Should it challenge audiences with new visions or should it keep to the task of presenting opera as a traditional, stable artform?   On Friday, … » Read

On completion of their first seasons as music directors of the New York Philharmonic and the Metropolitan Opera, Jaap van Zweden and Yannick Nézet-Séguin sat for an interview with The New York Times ; it was their first joint … » Read