Deborah Rutter has been removed as the president of the Kennedy Center after a distinguished decade running one of the world's largest and most diverse arts centers. Last month she announced she would be stepping down but staying on through the … » Read

Given the dismantling of Kennedy Center leadership and the influx of a new politically motivated power base, Renée Fleming has resigned as artistic advisor of the Center. In a statement on Facebook, she writes, "It has been a privilege to … » Read

German conductor Marc Albrecht is to be the next chief conductor of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra starting in September 2026. He succeeds Elim Chan, in the job from 2019 to 2024. Albrecht, 61, takes the title designate in the meantime and next … » Read

DETROIT (AP) — A judge dismissed a lawsuit Monday by an acclaimed  opera singer who sued the University of Michigan over his firing for what the school deemed sexual misconduct . David Daniels waited too long to sue the university, … » Read

The Twiolins , the German violin duo that for 15 years comprised siblings Marie-Luise and Christoph Dingler, has announced that Belarusian violinist Marta Danilkovich [right] will succeed Christoph, who is stepping aside to reduce his travel and … » Read

Music Director Franz Welser-Möst, absent from the Cleveland Orchestra’s podium for most of the fall season, is returning sooner than anticipated. He will conduct a program featuring Dmitri Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No., with … » Read

Tjeerd Top is the new concertmaster of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, having previously served as associate concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra since 2005. He made his debut with his new band in the job last month, with the … » Read

The Ojai Music Festival will mark its 80 th edition, June 11 to 14, 2026, with composer/conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen as music director. The announcement comes several months before the 2025 event, June 5 to 8, in which Claire Chase serves as music … » Read

Paul Plishka, a powerful bass with a ready smile and hearty laugh who sang 1,672 performances at the Metropolitan Opera over 51 years, has died. He was 83. Plishka died Monday at a hospice in Wilmington, North Carolina, his wife, Sharon Thomas, … » Read

Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen has joined the roster at Intermusica for European management; Étude Artists provides general management for the American countertenor. Highly acclaimed for his work on both recital and opera stages,  he last … » Read