The Pittsburgh Ballet Theater (PBT) has hired Adam McKinney, 46, as its new artistic director as of March 15. He succeeds Susan Jaffee, who departed in December to become artistic director of American Ballet Theater after two years in Pittsburgh. … » Read

David Crosby , the brash rock musician who evolved from a baby-faced harmony singer with the Byrds to a mustachioed hippie superstar and an ongoing troubadour in Crosby, Stills, Nash & (sometimes) Young, has died at 81, several media outlets … » Read

As the Metropolitan Opera struggles to redefine itself, the company reached back nearly a half century on Sunday afternoon to John Dexter’s classic production of Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites. Though last revived just four … » Read

Unlike many accomplished professionals—elite athletes immediately come to mind—classical musicians and conductors can perform well into their eighth and even ninth decades. Indeed, a long career in music generally brings with it … » Read

The Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra (HSO), the ten-year-old reincarnation of the defunct Honolulu Symphony, has hired its first music director: Chinese-Australian conductor Dane Lam, the associate music director of Opera Queensland and artistic … » Read

Award-winning flutist and new music impresaria Claire Chase will launch her residency as this season’s Richard and Barbara Debs Creative Chair at Carnegie Hall on Jan. 21. It comprises a weekend-long menu of events celebrating her mentor, … » Read

NEW YORK (AP)--Terence Blanchard, the first Black composer whose work has been heard at the Metropolitan Opera, will be given a yearlong celebration at Lincoln Center starting in March. The Met, New York Philharmonic, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Film … » Read

NEW YORK — The Met Opera will not launch Richard Jones’s new staging of the Ring in 2025. The coproduction with the English National Opera, which the Met announced in February 2021, is endangered now that ENO’s funding has … » Read

On the heels of its 61 st season of successful artistic risk-taking, and a healthy return from the pandemic shutdown, the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music will lose its longtime Power Behind the Throne. Ellen Primack is to step down as … » Read

After weeks of criticism from industry and government insiders, as well as the public, Arts Council England (ACE) has blinked, announcing that it would restore 91 percent—£11.46mn ($14.1mn)--in National Lottery funding to English … » Read