Gillian Fox, Executive Director of Newport Classical music festival and chamber series, is to be the next president and CEO of Caramoor Center for Music and Arts. She arrives from a concert series based in the mansions and historic sites in and … » Read

LONDON—It should come as no surprise that Barrie Kosky's new Royal Ballet and Opera production of Die Walküre should have its roots firmly in the German-domiciled director’s native Australia. The smoldering tree trunks, so … » Read

After three years as president and executive director of Baryshnikov Arts, Sonja Kostich will leave as of July 31 to become executive director of Houston Ballet. She succeeds Jim Nelson, who has worked for the company for 25 years, the last 12 as … » Read

Jennifer Higdon makes no apologies for composing “accessible” music that relies on traditional melody, harmony, and rhythm. While some of her contemporaries might scoff at such a characterization, “It doesn't bother me in the … » Read

Cecilia Molinari [pictured] has joined the Askonas Holt roster for general management. This summer the mezzo-soprano debuts at the Glyndebourne Festival as Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia , a role she assayed earlier this year at Deutsche Oper … » Read

The leader of the U.S. government is rescinding all grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, for projects not aligned with his view of patriotism. The move comes on the heels of his new proposed budget, which eliminates the NEA and NEH … » Read

Pierre Audi, innovative stage director and international impresario, died on May 2 while in Beijing discussing future productions. Born in Beirut in 1957 and raised there and in Paris, Audi studied at the University of Oxford. He first came to … » Read

As one who frequently stresses the importance of innovative, imaginative productions, Metropolitan Opera General Manager Peter Gelb has been slow to engage a number of European directors who have significant reputations for doing precisely that. … » Read

The situation seems to be going from bad to worse in the labor standoff between the musicians and management at the San Francisco Symphony (SFS). The recent 80 th birthday concert with Michael Tilson Thomas, appearing on the Davis Hall podium for … » Read

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP)—During World War II, within the walls of the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau, a Jewish prisoner secretly penned a short note and hid it inside a violin he had crafted under harrowing circumstances—a message to … » Read