Portuguese pianist Maria João Pires will bring her world-travelled Partitura Project to the U.S. for the first time in 2020, as part of the 15 th biennial Gilmore Keyboard Festival, April 22 to May 10, in Kalamazoo, MI. Pires’s … » Read

Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, soon to reach its centennial season, is in the market for a new CEO as of February 12. Peter Gistelinck , in the job since March of 2014, is no longer in the corner office; the orchestra has declined to offer an … » Read

American-Israeli conductor Steven Sloane is the new music director designate of the Jerusalem Symphony, taking the full job in 2020/21 when he succeeds Frederic Chaslin, who exits after eight years. In September, Sloane, 60, was named principal … » Read

The success story behind the phenomenon known as Romina Arena is a classic against-all-odds tale of courage and determination. Romina, as she is known, is a singer, a songwriter, a book author, screenwriter, and executive producer of film and TV … » Read

David Afkham [pictured], principal conductor of the National Orchestra of Spain (ONE) since 2015, has been named chief conductor and artistic director of the orchestra and choir (OCNE), moving up from eight weeks of availability per season to 15. … » Read

Countertenor David Daniels, 52, and husband Scott Walters, 36, appeared in criminal court in Harris County, TX, on Monday, facing charges of sexually assaulting a Rice University student in 2010. They were arrested two weeks ago in Ann Arbor, MI, … » Read

Despite intense criticism from family members that it is rife with inaccuracies, the five-time Oscar nominated film Green Book has introduced the remarkable Don Shirley to a broad public. Born to Jamaican immigrants in Pensacola, FL, on Jan. 29, … » Read

UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music—launched in 2007 and established by UC Regents in 2016 as the 12 th professional school at UCLA—has named its inaugural dean. She is Eileen Strempel, voice professor and senior VP for academic … » Read

Accusations of sexual misconduct have led John Duran [pictured], longtime board chair and a major fundraiser for the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles, to announce he will step down at the end of the current season. Some current and former … » Read

WQXR, New York City’s only locally based all-classical-music radio station, has brought Jacqui Cheng on board as the station’s first ever editor-in-chief, music. Cheng will report to Shannon Connolly, senior VP and GM, music, at New … » Read