Dutch conductor Edo de Waart, noted orchestra builder, is to be the San Diego Symphony’s principal guest conductor as of next fall for three seasons. He is the first to hold the position in the orchestra’s 110-year history. De Waart, … » Read

Brooklyn-based American Opera Projects (AOP)--which counts As One, The Summer King, The Scarlet Ibis, and Heart of Darkness among its successes--has promoted Matt Gray to the position of general director, succeeding Charles Jarden, who steps … » Read

Conductor Gemma New has taken another step toward a major career, having signed with Primo Artists, management home to   Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell, and Nicola Benedetti, as well as a handful of others. The 32-year-old New Zealander … » Read

Yet another accolade has been bestowed upon Gustavo Dudamel, this time by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. He is to receive the 2,654 th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Dudamelis not alone among classical musicians to have been so … » Read

Pianist Evelina De Lain recently performed on a grand piano close to the top of the world. Playing 16,400 feet above sea level in the Singela Pass in the Himalayas, she withstood the cold and winds to perform the Concert in the Clouds, a … » Read

Following the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra’s recent New Year’s Concert, the ensemble announced that Andris Nelsons had been tapped to lead the 2020 edition of the prestigious event. The concert, held at the Musikverein, is the last … » Read

The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) has a new chief financial officer in Steven Rosenzweig [pictured]; he succeeds James Garrone who is retiring after 15 years of service. Rosenzweig arrives after filling the same function at the city's … » Read

The Santa Fe Symphony and Chorus has hired Daniel Crupi [pictured], 29, to succeed Gregory W. Heltman as executive director. Heltman resigned last May, having founded the organization in 1984. Crupi, who starts in March, has been COO of the … » Read

With its conductor laureate Esa-Pekka Salonen soon to be otherwise occupied as music director of the San Francisco Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic last night named another former music director, Zubin Mehta, as conductor emeritus. The … » Read

In a recent conversation with Marianne Sciolino, founder and CEO of Manhattan-based Sciolino Artist Management, we touched on the issues of how a relatively small artist management firm (SAM has a roster of 20) competes in a world of large ones, … » Read