The New England Conservatory (NEC) has appointed Alessio Bax [pictured]to its piano faculty, starting next fall. Bax, who first came to international fame winning the 1997 Hamamatsu International Piano Competition and, three years later, the … » Read

Jason Smoller, free-lance oboist and former associate director of external affairs for The New York Pops, is the new development director for the New York City Opera—a challenging role for even the hardiest of souls. He also serves as … » Read

Columbia Artists has signed conductor Tim Davies [pictured] for worldwide representation. His credits are mostly in film and video- game scores and include La La Land, The Peanuts Movie , and Frozen . He led the National Symphony Orchestra in … » Read

Nathaniel Silberschlag [pictured], set to earn his Bachelor of Music degree from the Juilliard School in May, is the new principal horn of the Cleveland Orchestra. He comes to the job from the free-lance Washington National Opera Orchestra, where … » Read

Pianist Peter Serkin [pictured] is down for the count, cancelling his appearances at the Aix Easter Festival this weekend and other engagements on into May. At Aix, he was replaced by Robert Levin last night and, for the Goldberg Variations on … » Read

The Berkeley Symphony Orchestra has announced that Joseph Young, 37, is to be its next music director, succeeding Joana Carneiro, who stepped down last season. He has signed a three-year contract for this, his first music directorship, and starts … » Read

Not yet two weeks after announcing its 2019-20 season , the English National Opera has announced the departure of Artistic Director Daniel Kramer. This marked his first administrative position , and he stayed in it just three years. He will leave … » Read

Justin Brown, current manager of concert operations for the New York Philharmonic, has been appointed VP and general manager of the Aspen Music Festival and School. He starts June 20, succeeding Keith Elder, recently named executive director of … » Read

Visa problems, apparently combined with rehearsal schedule conflicts, will keep Myung-Whun Chung from guest conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra’s subscription concerts on April 25-27. In a bit of luxury subbing, Music Director Yannick … » Read

Ellen Reid has won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her opera p r i s m , premiered by the Los Angeles Opera in its "Off Grand" series last year and revisted in New York at the Prototype Festival last January. In his review , Clive Paget … » Read