San Francisco Ballet has received $60 million from an anonymous donor, the largest gift in its 91-year history and perhaps the single largest to any U.S. ballet company. The gift exceeds SF Ballet’s annual, $55 million budget and is a clear … » Read

Hervé Boissière, founder and managing director of medici.tv, is to turn his attentions “exclusively” to the Verbier Festival as its new co-CEO, effective April 15. He will codirect the esteemed 30-year-old event together … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — Gushing after the New York Philharmonic performed Leonard Bernstein’s music, Bradley Cooper talked about creating the film Maestro  in hopes of drawing more attention to the composer and conductor. “Many … » Read

With great fanfare , Opera Columbus (annual budget $1.5 million) “proudly unveils a historic moment in its rich artistic journey” by appointing Everett McCorvey as its first principal guest conductor, effective this month. He’ll … » Read

Enroute to finding a successor to Music Director Donato Cabrera, the Las Vegas Philharmonic has called on Leonard Slatkin to serve as artistic consultant, effective next season, the contents of which are to be announced presently. He next leads … » Read

Bowing to intense public pressure, the organizers of the Wiener Festwochen (Vienna Festival) have cancelled the appearance of Teodor Currentzis, who had been scheduled to conduct the SWR Symphony Orchestra of Germany in a performance of Benjamin … » Read

On Feb. 12, 1924, New York’s Aeolian Hall, on West 43 rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, hosted the Paul Whiteman Band performing an “Experiment in Modern Music.” The concert drew the city’s musical glitterati: … » Read

Daniela Nardi, a recorded solo vocalist whose career has encompassed marketing, producing, fundraising, and administrative leadership, is to be the new executive director of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, founded in 1894 and one of the most … » Read

As of the fall of 2024, the New England Conservatory will welcome three new faculty members. Violist Wenting Kang , an alumna of NEC, joins a department that includes Nicholas Cords, Kim Kashkashian, Mai Motobuchi, Melissa Reardon, and Marcus … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO--The Attacca Quartet lived up to its name on Sunday, February 4, in an absorbing afternoon concert at Hertz Hall on the University of California Berkeley campus. On both halves of the Cal Performances program, the musicians played … » Read