CHICAGO (AP) — Renowned jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis, whose music entertained fans over a more than 60-year career that began with the Ramsey Lewis Trio and made him one of the country’s most successful jazz musicians, has died. He was … » Read

Stefan Klingele, 55, will return to Theater Bremen as its new music director and chief conductor, as of 2023-24, succeeding Yoel Gamzou. Klingele served as principal conductor and later chief conductor in Bremen from 1999 to 2007; his new … » Read

LONDON—The announcement of the death of Queen Elizabeth II caused the Royal Opera House to cancel its September 8 performance of Don Giovanni with the audience already seated. On September 9 it was determined to go ahead with a revival of … » Read

The Kennedy Center is celebrating its 50 th anniversary (plus one pandemic year) with a new production of Leonard Bernstein’s Mass , which inaugurated the Center for the Performing Arts in September of 1971. Bernstein’s work, … » Read

The University of Pennsylvania has announced plans to build a new theater, to be named for its primary donor, Stuart Weitzman, that will be connected to the south side of the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. The Center, recently … » Read

Though his official 150 th birthday doesn’t fall until 2023, Sergei Rachmaninoff appears to be on presenters’ minds of late. Popular with audiences, historically dismissed by critics, his music is OK to like these days, at least … » Read

CHICAGO—Once the curtain goes up, most opera lovers have little trouble suspending belief. A change of heart by a ruthless king who suddenly decides to pardon a gang of assassins gathered to kill him? Check. After heaping scorn on unwelcome … » Read

Jorja Fleezanis, concertmaster of the Minnesota Orchestra from 1989-2009, died unexpectedly on September 9 at her home in Michigan at the age of 70. The cause, according to the orchestra, was “a cardiovascular event.”   The … » Read

The death of Queen Elizabeth II on Sept. 8 prompted the BBC to cancel the Last Night of the Proms on Sept. 10 as well as the penultimate concert scheduled for the previous evening by the Philadelphia Orchestra. The monarch, a Patron of the Royal … » Read

At the Oregon Symphony, Clement So [pictured] has succeeded Charles Calmer as VP for programming. So arrives from the San Diego Symphony, where he was VP for artistic planning for five years. Before that he was artistic administrator of New … » Read