The Miami-based Florida Grand Opera has tapped Maria Todaro to serve as interim general director through the upcoming 2023–24 Season. She succeeds Susan Danis , who resigned in September 2023 after 11 years in the post. Reports suggest that … » Read

Violinist Gidon Kremer has been awarded the 2023 Beethoven Prize for Human Rights , honoring his work on behalf of social justice. Scheduled to receive the award at a ceremony in Bonn on Nov. 19, the 76-year-old Latvian artist has consistently … » Read

Following 17 months of negotiations, the musicians of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement on Oct. 25. The previous contract expired in August 2022; the new agreement, retroactive to Sept. 1, 2023, … » Read

The BBC has appointed new directors of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and the BBC Philharmonic, part of a continuing reorganization at the helm of the broadcaster’s orchestras. The new lineup sees the promotion of Bill Chandler from … » Read

Edwaard Liang is to be the new artistic director of the Washington Ballet. The product of a year-long search, he succeeds Julie Kent , who became co-artistic director of the Houston Ballet this past June after seven years in Washington. Since her … » Read

Classical radio stations are facing tough going in many parts of the U.S. But not in Portland, Oregon, where KQAC 89.9 FM, aka All Classical Radio, proudly lays claim to being the number one classical music station in the nation. … » Read

Longtime Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) Pops Principal Conductor Jeff Tyzik is to be succeeded by Enrico Lopez-Yañez [pictured] as of the 2024-25 season. The new man, age 34, appears to be everywhere, having just been named principal … » Read

The arrival of Antony and Cleopatra , John Adams’s rendition of Shakespeare’s tale of love, lust, and power, at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona comes on the heels of Spain’s ongoing reckoning with sexism and abuse of … » Read

The reasons for the abrupt departure of Erica Muhl from the presidency of Berklee College of Music last summer, after barely two years in the post, remains a mystery for most of those affiliated with the Boston school. In cryptic remarks at an … » Read

LOS ANGELES—New to this company’s stage (by way of Lyric Opera of Chicago), Rossini’s The Barber Of Seville has arrived at just the right time. With turmoil in Israel, Gaza, Ukraine, and the U.S. House of Representatives, we … » Read