British pianist Mishka Rushdie Momen has signed with HarrisonParrott for worldwide management. Having just made her recital debut at Elbphilharmonie last week, Momen, 32, has performed Stateside at New York’s 92 nd Street Y and the … » Read

In the past few years, social movements like #MeTo and Black Lives Matter have prompted an unprecedented broadening of the American orchestral repertoire as the works of neglected composers—primarily women and people of color—are … » Read

Royce Saltzman, co-founder of the Oregon Bach Festival and for over five decades a professor of choral music at the University of Oregon, died on April 3. He was 94. Beginning in 1964, he joined the University in Eugene, serving as a professor, … » Read

The Saint Louis Symphony has hired Paul Pietrowski as its new COO, effective today; Pietrowski most recently was orchestra, production, and operations manager of the Cincinnati Symphony, for six years. He held a similar position with the Richmond … » Read

When Champion has its company premiere at the Metropolitan Opera tonight, patrons accustomed to sword battles, duels with pistols, poisonings, and thunderbolts from the gods will for the first time witness fisticuffs. Terence Blanchard and … » Read

The recent award of an Olivier Award (the U.K.’s equivalent to a Tony) to the Royal Opera House’s new production of Handel’s Alcina offered the show’s designer Anthony McDonald and its director Oliver Mears the opportunity … » Read

The Lubbock (TX) Symphony Orchestra (LSO) and Lubbock Chamber Orchestra (LCO) have joined forces, with the latter now folding into the former while maintaining its conductor, Eric Allen. The LCO, with an annual budget of $50,000 and only two … » Read

On December 3, 1960, Lerner and Loewe’s Camelot began a run of 873 performances, with a luminous cast that included Richard Burton, Julie Andrews, and Robert Goulet. Soon (and still) associated with the youthful vigor and glamour of the … » Read

NEW YORK (AP)—When Terence Blanchard’s  Fire Shut Up in My Bones proved a sell-out hit at the Metropolitan Opera in 2021, General Manager Peter Gelb wasted no time lining up the composer’s other opera for the current … » Read

Kevin Chen won first prize at the 17 th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, held in Tel Aviv from March 14 to April 1. This marks the second major competition win for the 18-year-old Canadian, who took first prize at the 76 … » Read