Opera Carolina has been sailing through some rough seas of late. The hiring of Shanté Willliams , a Charlotte businesswoman, as general director a bit less than a year ago signaled a major change in both administrative and artistic … » Read

WASHINGTON (AP)—President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged “bias” in the broadcasters’ reporting. The order instructs the Corporation for … » Read

J azz at Lincoln Center has appointed Tatyana Gershkovich to be its new CFO, succeeding Susan Gordon, who retired last year. Gershkovich is the recent VP and CFO of American Express’s Global Services Group & Enterprise Functions and … » Read

After a two-year search the Delaware Symphony Orchestra has tapped Argentine-Italian conductor Michelle Di Russo to be its next music director. She succeeds David Amado, who stepped down in 2023 after 20 years in the job. He is now titled … » Read

Maestro Arts has added two conductors to its roster. Pablo González [pictured] was most recently principal conductor and artistic adviser for Spanish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra (RTVE). While known for his command of the … » Read

Wagnerian voices take time to mature, and even when they do, the lead roles tend to be monopolized by a handful of established stars. It was therefore both a surprise and a pleasure earlier this year to encounter a fully formed Brünnhilde … » Read

Michael Tilson Thomas’s 80 th birthday celebration on April 26 was preceded by an understated protest by the orchestra’s musicians, who have been engaged in a tense contract tug-of-war with management since November of 2022. The … » Read

LONDON—Spring is in the air in London and so is orchestral music courtesy of Multitudes, the ten-day multidisciplinary arts festival at the Southbank Centre. Underway since April 23, the event is presenting nine orchestras, many of them SBC … » Read

The Cleveland Orchestra is updating its conducting team next season, as Associate Conductor Daniel Reith ends his three-year term and is succeeded by Taichi Fukumura as assistant conductor , while James Feddeck becomes principal conductor and … » Read

The Wichita Symphony Orchestra and the Wichita Musicians’ Association, Local No. 297 of the American Federation of Musicians, have agreed to a new three-year collective bargaining agreement. It takes effect on July 1, 2025 and extends … » Read