The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra (WVSO), now in its 85 th year, has hired American conductor Maurice Cohn as its 11 th music director, effective immediately. He arrives after a two-year search, which brought six finalists to conduct as … » Read

Milwaukee’s Marcus Performing Arts Center (MPAC) has hired Kevin Giglinto, current senior VP for marketing and strategy at the Kennedy Center, to be its president and CEO, effective in late July. He succeeds  Kendra Whitlock Ingram, in … » Read

While the unceremonious exiling of English National Opera to the provinces by Arts Council England appears to be a fait accompli, the decision continues to draw heavy fire. Jonathan Sumption, a former Supreme Court justice and, until his … » Read

From August 26 to September 4, the Metropolitan Opera’s Summer HD Festival will offer ten free screenings, with 2,500 seats available each evening on the plaza, and no tickets required. There are no rain dates. The annual festival previews … » Read

LONDON—Founded in 1989 by impresario Leonard Ingrams, Garsington Opera has a well-earned reputation as one of the U.K.’s savviest summer opera festivals. Relocating in 2011 to the grounds of Wormsley Park in the lush Oxfordshire … » Read

American conductor Roderick Cox [pictured] has joined the roster of HarrisonParrott. Cox won the Solti Conducting Award in 2018 and has since gone on to lead most of the major American ensembles; now based in Berlin, he has guest conducted that … » Read

The Royal Academy of Music has appointed Barbara Hannigan to be the Reinbert de Leeuw Professor of Music. Named one of her most important mentors (he died in 2020), the position calls on her to direct ensembles, mentor singers, and help students … » Read

A dinner party in Berlin seven years ago led to the design and construction of an unusual piano currently housed at the Kimmel Center. Hosted by the conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim, his tablemates included a second keyboard artist, Martha … » Read

Already a frequent and popular guest of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (NOSPR), Marin Alsop is to become its artistic director and chief conductor as of next season, a position in which she will undoubtedly do far more than rehearse … » Read

Speranza Scappucci is to be principal guest conductor of the Royal Opera House as of September 2025, the first to assume the role in over 25 years. The Italian conductor arrives when Czech conductor Jakub Hruša takes over as music director … » Read