The Chicago Symphony  musicians’ strike lasted seven weeks, but in fact negotiations had been ongoing for months, the contract having expired last September. Federal negotiators got involved during the strike, but even they … » Read

Osmo Vänskä will  leave as music director of the Minnesota Orchestra in 2022, but before he does, he will take up the post of music director of the Seoul Philharmonic as of next January. He succeeds Chung Myung-whun, who quit in … » Read

Mark Richter, director of the Alamo City Opera, in Austin, TX, died last weekend at the age of 51. "He was the one that many, many years ago started the resurgence of the new opera here,” Kirstin Roach, the company’s music director, … » Read

Jean Bowen Bloch, longtime chief of the Music Division of the New York Public Library and  director of the Central Research Library at 42 nd Street, died on April 27 in Washington, DC. She was 92 and was a very close friend of the late, … » Read

NEW YORK — Her character suffers through one of the most harrowing deathbed scenes in all of opera. But that doesn't faze Karita Mattila, who's looking forward to performing it as "quite an adventure." The Finnish soprano, noted for her … » Read

Menon Dwarka is to be executive director of Toronto’s Art of Time Ensemble (ATE) as of May 14. He succeeds David Abel, who has joined the National Arts Center as managing director, English Theater. “For me, this role offers a … » Read

It takes a lot for a young jazz artist to get noticed. Just ask Musical America’s New Artist of the Month Emmet Cohen. For years, the 28-year-old has been an indefatigable presence on the New York scene, playing piano (he doubles on Hammond … » Read

Aaron C. Doty, longtime staff member of the Washington National Opera, is to be the new VP and general manager of the Grand Rapids Symphony (GRS) as of June. He succeeds Roger D. Nelson, who died suddenly in 2017 at the age of 56. In his new job, … » Read

NEW YORK— Plácido Domingo has starred on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera for a whopping 50 years - and is still singing, amazingly, at age 78. On Sunday, the Met literally turned the tables and threw a dinner on the same stage … » Read

Vanessa Reed, chief executive of Britain’s Performing Rights Society (PRS) Foundation, is to be the new president and CEO of New Music USA, the organization formed out of the merger of the American Music Center and Meet the Composer in … » Read