The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival has announced that Jim Griffith will be its next executive director, effective October 1, 2024. Griffith will succeed Amy Lam, who has been in post as interim executive director since June. “The Festival … » Read

Portuguese pianist Maria João Pires is this year’s recipient of the Praemium Imperiale Award for Music. The five honorees—including for architecture, painting, theatre/film, and sculpture—were announced by the Japan Art … » Read

The San Francisco Opera Orchestra has reached a deal with management allowing for a short-term contract extension. According to the players, the last-minute agreement was struck “in the moments leading up to the performance” of the … » Read

Paul Robeson was much more than just a singer. A consummate stage and film actor, an all-American football player, a qualified lawyer, and a tireless advocate for civil rights, he was an outspoken critic of racism, colonialism, and social … » Read

In dual press releases just a day apart, New York City Opera has announced the retirement of General Director Michael Capasso and the appointment of Constantine Orbelian as the company’s new executive director and music director. Capasso, … » Read

The Sixteen has announced its first major tour of North America in nearly 20 years. Over eight performances, the acclaimed British choir will travel from Missouri, Texas, Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee to New York and Connecticut. The program, … » Read

The Omaha Symphony has announced that Ankush Kumar Bahl will be standing down as music director. After considerable thought, the statement says, Bahl has decided that the 2024-25 concert season will be his last. It has been agreed that he will … » Read

Sir John Eliot Gardiner is staging a comeback with a new orchestra and choir. The 81-year-old conductor, who was let go by his Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras following a violent encounter with a singer, has announced he will embark on a tour of … » Read

Jonathan Bradley has been named as the new executive director of Voices of Ascension, the New York City-based professional chorus with a mission to share the transformative power of choral music through performances, commissions, and community … » Read

Anthony Roth Costanzo’s postmodern version of Le nozze di Figaro is by its very nature a tour de force. Fashioned as a showcase for the star countertenor, it keeps his all-but-superhuman energy front and center. In it, he sings all of … » Read