BARCELONA — Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballé renowned for her bel canto technique and her interpretations of the roles of Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti, has died. She was 85. She died early Saturday at Hospital San Pau in … » Read

On July 2, Boston Symphony Orchestra principal flutist Elizabeth Rowe sued her employers , claiming discrimination on the basis of gender. July 1 marked the first day that the Massachusetts Equal Pay Law; Rowe’s suit was filed at 10 a.m. … » Read

CHICAGO--The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation on Thursday named 25 people, including academics, activists, artists, scholars and scientists, who will receive $625,000 over five years to use as they please. The Chicago-based … » Read

Klaus Mäkelä, 22-year-old principal guest conductor of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, is to be the new chief conductor and artistic advisor of Oslo Philharmonic. His three-year contract begins in August … » Read

Israeli conductor Omer Meir Wellber, recent Musical America Rising Star, has just announced his third new appointment in the calendar year 2018. The latest is chief conductor of the BBC Philharmonic, effective in September 2019. The 36-year-old … » Read

American conductor Case Scaglione is to be the new music director and principal conductor of the Île-de-France National Orchestra, starting in September 2019. He will succeed Enrique Mazzola, in the job from 2012. Scaglione, onetime … » Read

Violinist Joshua Bell was back in Washington, D.C., yesterday, only this time he wasn’t busking in a metro station as he did in a since-much-cited experiment back in 2007. This time, he was attempting to bring a little peace to the ongoing … » Read

As part of Macy’s marketing campaign “2018 is the year of the woman,” Buffalo Philharmonic Music Director JoAnn Falletta was featured last month as one of six “Remarkable Women” in a series of videos ads. "We're … » Read

Nicholas McGegan will retire as music director of the San Francisco-based Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale (PBO) at the end of the 2019-20 season. The British conductor will have served at the artistic helm of the PBO for 35 of its … » Read

Pianist Igor Levit and conductor Antonello Manacorda [pictured] have joined the 22-member roster of Classic Concerts Management (CCM) for worldwide management. Managing them at CCM will be Kristin Schuster, also coming from IMG, where she was a … » Read