Jonah Nigh, senior VP of development and alumni engagement at the New School, is to succeed  Alexandra Wheeler as VP and chief advancement officer at the Juilliard School, reporting to President Damian Woetzel. Nigh previously worked in … » Read

PARIS (AP)—Damiano Michieletto sat in the last row of the Opéra Bastille’s front section alongside his production colleagues, watching opening night of Massenet’s rarely performed Don Quichotte . They bolted at the final … » Read

Japanese-American conductor Taichi Fukumura has emerged as the Illinois Symphony Orchestra’s next music director, the results of an assessment among four finalists during the current season. He starts next month, his first concert holding … » Read

Chicago-based conductor Matthew Sheppard is to be the new music director of the Danville (IL) Symphony Orchestra (DSO), one of 60 candidates the orchestra has assessed in the last year. He succeeds Jeremy Swerling, in the job for 27 years. DSO … » Read

Amy Iwano , a former executive director of UChicago Presents and current vice chair of New Music USA, is to be the next president and CEO of the Hawai’i Symphony Orchestra (HSO). She succeeds Dave Moss who left last December after three … » Read

A new music director is to arrive at the Rhode Island Philharmonic, taking the position of designate with immediate effect and moving into the job full-time as of 2025-26. She is German-born Ruth Reinhardt, currently based in Switzerland, who … » Read

MILAN (AP) — The general manager of Milan’s famed Teatro alla Scala on Tuesday bade a bittersweet farewell to the theater during the presentation of 2024-25 season, saying, “I would have been happy to continue.” Dominique … » Read

Janet Cowperthwaite, who has spent 43 years helping to make the Kronos Quartet one of the music world’s most admired and innovative foursomes, has announced that she will step down next October. Her decision elicited fulsome praise from … » Read

Keitaro Harada, music and artistic director of the Savannah (GA) and “permanent conductor” of the Tokyo Symphony, will add the Dayton (OH) Philharmonic to his CV, with the title of music and artistic director. Along with the Dayton … » Read

LOS ANGELES (AP)—Richard M. Sherman, one half of the prolific, award-winning pair of brothers who helped form millions of childhoods by penning the instantly memorable songs for Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang … » Read