In the fall of 2017, when Ted DeDee announced he would retire in May of 2018 as president and CEO of the Madison, WI, Overture Center for the Arts, he told the local newspaper, “I’d love to travel some more. I’ve developed a … » Read

The Cincinnati May Festival has extended the contract of Juanjo Mena [pictured], who began his term as principal conductor just one season ago. He will now remain at the helm into the Festival’s 150 th anniversary season, in 2023. The 2019 … » Read

As he prepares for his final appearance in Boston as music director of the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) later this month, Michael Tilson Thomas is quick to correct an interviewer who labels him the soon-to-be conductor emeritus of the ensemble he … » Read

Keith C. Elder is to succeed the retiring Ron Predl as executive director of the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra (TSO), effective August 5. Elder, who has a BA in music and arts administration from Indiana University (concentrations in tuba and … » Read

Bernard Haitink, who turns 90 this month and plans a well-earned sabbatical at the end of the season, has been voted honorary membership in the Vienna Philharmonic by the members of the orchestra. He'll be presented with the award by Philharmonic … » Read

This year’s annual Avery Fisher Career Grants of $25,000 each—not to be confused with the prestigious Avery Fisher Award of $100,000, granted last October to violinist Leila Josefowicz —will go to four artists deemed to … » Read

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (BCMG), founded in 1987 by members of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, has a new executive director in Seb Huckle, its former marketing manager. He’ll report to Artistic Director Stephan Meier, … » Read

Joseph V. Melillo, a key sculptor in the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s enlightened programming profile, has joined Columbia Artists in the new position of international artistic advisor. Having j ust ended his 35-year affiliation with BAM two … » Read

Patricia K. Beggs, among the most highly regarded officials in the opera business, is to retire as general director of the Cincinnati Opera at the end of its next, centenary season. She has been affiliated with the company for 35 years, initially … » Read

HAMBURG—He's under house arrest in Moscow without a phone or the internet, yet Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov's new opera is set to premiere in Germany on Sunday. A modern take on Verdi's Nabucco , the work at the Hamburg Opera deals … » Read