Christopher M. Powell, director of artistic initiatives for the Glimmerglass Festival, is to be executive director of the Pittsburgh Festival Opera as of March 12. PFO has a summer season of four or five operas, including, this year, … » Read

Joseph Flummerfelt, early architect of the Spoleto Festival, longtime Westminster Choir Artistic Director, founder of the New York Choral Artists, died on Friday at the age of 82. The Charleston Post-Courier cites the cause as a stroke. He was … » Read

Among his many music directorships, André Previn took the artistic helm of the Los Angeles Philharmonic from Carlo Maria Giulini in 1985. At first, it seemed a match made in heaven, given all of Previn’s Hollywood film scoring … » Read

Joan Tower, who set the stage for female composers in the U.S., is to receive the Gold Baton in June at the League of American Orchestras' annual conference in Nashville. The League identifies the award as its highest honor. Tower’s Made in … » Read

The New York City Ballet and its training school, the School of American Ballet, have announced new leadership and a new management structure, ending months of speculation as to who would succeed former Artistic Director Peter Martins, who … » Read

André Previn, Oscar-winning composer, major-league-orchestra conductor and music director, jazz pianist extraordinaire, died this morning at his home in Manhattan. He was 89.   He was born in Berlin, where he was considered a child … » Read

Spare a thought if you will for the young operatic bass. The lowest and least glamorous of voice types, the bass, like a good burgundy, takes time to mature. Meanwhile, from their first baby steps in the profession, they are expected to embody an … » Read

From Anne-Sophie Mutter: André Previn has for more than 70 years illuminated this often dark world with his extraordinary gifts, his superb intelligence and wit. We were companions in music for four decades and closest and dearest … » Read

In a sudden move still left unexplained, Terrence Dwyer is out as president of the Segerstrom Center for the Arts, previously the Orange County Performing Arts Center, in Costa Mesa, CA. He had been in the job since 2006. The center in a … » Read

It took three pianists to make Green Book , the 2019 Academy Award winner for Best Picture—Don Shirley, whose music is at the movie’s center; actor Mahershala Ali, who portrays Shirley on screen; and Kris Bowers, who actually plays … » Read