Switzerland’s Fritz Gerber Foundation for Gifted Young People selected Italian cellist Elide Sulsenti [pictured] as one of three recipients of its annual award, given to artists 28 or younger who are Swiss citizens or have lived in the … » Read

Riley Nicholson will attempt to fill the huge shoes left by Executive Director Ellen Primack when she steps down at the end of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music this summer. Primack, in the job 33 years, announced her intent to exit in … » Read

SHANGHAI--In a sudden but not unexpected move, Long Yu [pictured] has stepped down as music director of the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra after being at the helm for two decades. He is retitled Lifetime Music Director Emeritus and remains chair of … » Read

In a potential act of cultural cannibalism, Florence’s Maggio Musicale is contemplating the sale of its archive for €8.5m by July to help address a €50m debt that has accumulated over the past 15 years. Housed in the theater, the … » Read

Though he often sings countertenor roles, Elijah McCormack isn't a countertenor. As a transgender man whose mature singing voice never deepened, he prefers to call himself a male soprano. “I considered taking testosterone, and I chose not … » Read

Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music has hired Jonathan Bailey Holland as dean, starting in September and succeeding Toni-Marie Montgomery, who exits at summer’s end after 20 years in the job.   Holland is the current … » Read

In January 2021, Fiona Maddocks, the classical music critic for The Observer , committed to delivering a 90,000-word manuscript on the last 25 years of Sergei Rachmaninov’s life within 15 months. It was the start of the second year of the … » Read

Just one week out from the start of the 2023 event, the annual Ojai Music Festival has announced the music director of the 2024 iteration: Mitsuko Uchida, Musical America’s 2022 Artist of the Year. Uchida, pianist, conductor, co-artistic … » Read

Jonathan Heyward, who made a smashing debut with the New York Philharmonic just one month ago, is to be the music director of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA) “summer orchestra,” a moniker not to be confused with the … » Read

On May 16, at St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, the Choir of Men and Boys (accompanied by the Orchestra of St. Luke’s) premiered its alumnus Trevor Weston’s American Lamentations , a 12-movement, 40-minute concert work confronting … » Read