Canada’s Vancouver Island Symphony has chosen Cuban native Cosette Justo Valdé s as its new artistic director, starting in July and succeeding Pierre Simard who left early in 2022. Valdés is also resident conductor of the … » Read

Ukrainian conductor Kostiantyn Starovytskyi was killed last week on a combat mission near the city of Kramatorsk. The 40-year-old conductor, who had been a guest maestro at Kyiv Opera and the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra, among others, joined the … » Read

British pianist Mishka Rushdie Momen has signed with HarrisonParrott for worldwide management. Having just made her recital debut at Elbphilharmonie last week, Momen, 32, has performed Stateside at New York’s 92 nd Street Y and the … » Read

Royce Saltzman, co-founder of the Oregon Bach Festival and for over five decades a professor of choral music at the University of Oregon, died on April 3. He was 94. Beginning in 1964, he joined the University in Eugene, serving as a professor, … » Read

When Champion has its company premiere at the Metropolitan Opera tonight, patrons accustomed to sword battles, duels with pistols, poisonings, and thunderbolts from the gods will for the first time witness fisticuffs. Terence Blanchard and … » Read

The Saint Louis Symphony has hired Paul Pietrowski as its new COO, effective today; Pietrowski most recently was orchestra, production, and operations manager of the Cincinnati Symphony, for six years. He held a similar position with the Richmond … » Read

Two of New York’s most imaginative music organizations have announced the exits of their executive directors. Eric Einhorn , cofounder and general and artistic director of On Site Opera will step down at the end of the calendar year after … » Read

Composer and guitarist Scott Johnson , who crossed and fused genres with electronic media, using traditional and innovative sources and techniques, died on March 24 at the age of 70. He had been diagnosed with lung cancer in 2021. He played in … » Read

Brad Cohen , a native of Sydney, is to be the next general director of the New Zealand Opera (NZO). The former artistic director of the West Australian Opera, he is an active guest conductor of opera and symphonic repertoire, as well as a music … » Read

Latvian violinist Marta Sparnina has resigned as concertmaster of the Sinfonietta Riga after 14 years, explaining that she no longer wants to play music by Russian composers while the war in Ukraine continues. At the very moment that Russian has … » Read