After more than 65 years, the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras (BYSO) has opened its first permanent home—the BYSO Youth Center for Music, strategically located directly across the street from Symphony Hall. Since it was founded in 1958, … » Read

Columbia University’s Miller Theater, which nearly 25 years ago branded a model of musical retrospectives devoted to individual figures, was the site of a particularly elaborate Composer Portrait March 21  when the new-music ensemble … » Read

In announcing its coming season of 550 concerts including 30 world and U.K. premieres—reportedly the country’s largest classical music program—the Wigmore Hall and its very savvy Artistic and Executive Director John Gilhooly … » Read

The Sphinx Organization, which supports Black and Latinx classical musicians, has named three 2024 Medal of Excellence recipients, each of whom gets a $50,000 career grant in recognition of their leadership, artistry, and “spirit of … » Read

The Annapolis Symphony has tapped a former neurosurgeon and university president to be its next CEO, as of April 1. Ralph Kuncl comes to the position with an impressive track record as a fund raiser, most notably as president, now emeritus, of … » Read

On March 24, Italian Minister of Culture Gennaro Sangiuliano officially appointed Carlo Fuortes as superintendent of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Two days later, Fuortes was sentenced to 16 months in jail by a court in Rome, over the death of … » Read

The Pacific Chorale has named Rhett M. Del Campo as president and CEO as of May 1. He succeeds Andrew Brown, who left last fall after five years to take the same position with the Pasadena Symphony . A onetime professional percussionist, Del … » Read

The already complicated issue of leadership succession at Milan’s La Scala has just gotten a bit more so. The Italian minister of culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano, and the city’s mayor, Giuseppe Sala, have for some time said they want an … » Read

Esa-Pekka Salonen’s decision to join the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) in 2018 was a major coup. At the time of his appointment, he spoke glowingly about the new partnership: "My ideas about an orchestra as an institution," he told the New … » Read

The Brooklyn College and its School of Visual Media and Performing Arts (SVMPA) has just announced its first-ever chair in music, which has been named in honor of composer Tania León and funded by the Connecticut-based Tow … » Read