Marcin Kopec, former director of artist management at TACT Artist Management, a huge firm with nearly 200 on its roster, has launched his own agency, to be called MKImpresari. It will specialize in opera singers, 50 of whom have joined Kopec from … » Read

The demise of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has prompted the Los Angeles-based classical music station KUSC-FM (91.5) to lay off employees. James Muhammad, president of Classical California , the entity that operates the nonprofit … » Read

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill.—No one collects fast-rising young talent quite like Decca. Among those on the esteemed label’s artist roster are wundermaestro Klaus Mäkelä, violinist Randall Goosby , and, since 2022, Brazilian guitarist … » Read

The City of London Corporation has named Abigail Pogson as the new chief executive of the Barbican Centre. Pogson, currently chief executive of the Glasshouse International Centre for Music, assumes her new post on Jan. 5, 2026. She succeeds … » Read

Rodion Shchedrin, a prolific Russian composer of the post-Stalinist era, died in Munich on Aug. 29. He was 92. For the last half of the 20 th century, Shchedrin and his wife, ballerina Maya Plisetskaya, were leading cultural figures in Russia. … » Read

Jessica Mallow Gulley, president and CEO of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra (KSO) since 2019, is to succeed Jon Limbacher as president and managing director of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra (SPCO). Limbacher announced his intention to retire … » Read

Esa-Pekka Salonen has three new jobs. The primary one is principal conductor of the Orchestre de Paris, seconded by that orchestra’s “Creativity and Innovation Chair at the Philharmonie.” The latter position is echoed in Los … » Read

It’s the oldest story in show business. A star drops out; a star is born. Counting down to the Bard SummerScape’s American stage premiere of Bedrich Smetana’s Dalibor , the contracted Polish prima donna (Izabela Matula ) was … » Read

This fall Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute of Music welcomes four new performance faculty members, thus equipping every instrumental department with a minimum of two faculty to offer students multiple perspectives. Julia   Harguindey , … » Read

On Aug 31, the Poeisis Quartet emerged from among three ensembles to win first prize at the 15 th edition of the Banff (CA) International String Quartet Competition, held every three years. The Cincinnati-based foursome—violinists Sarah … » Read