New artistic leadership is now in place at the ballet companies in San Francisco and Orlando. On Jan. 11 the San Francisco Ballet appointed Tamara Rojo as its first new artistic director in nearly 40 years and the first woman to lead the company. … » Read

The Welsh government has bolstered its pre-Christmas support package for the arts worth £5.25mn ($7.2mn) with an additional £10.2mn ($14mn). The government’s deputy minister for arts and sport Dawn Bowden described the funding … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — Ronnie Spector, the cat-eyed, bee-hived rock ‘n’ roll siren who sang such 1960s hits as “Be My Baby,” “Baby I Love You” and “Walking in the Rain” as the leader of the girl … » Read

Mark Williams, chief artistic and operations officer of the Cleveland Orchestra, is to be the new CEO of the Toronto Symphony as of April 2022. He succeeds Matthew Loden , who took over as dean of Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music … » Read

January 11 marked the fifth anniversary of the opening of Elbphilharmonie Hamburg , an architectural marvel that has elevated the cultural profile of this northern German city internationally. Since 2017 its performance halls have hosted about … » Read

Maria Ewing, who sang major soprano and mezzo-soprano roles on international states from the Met to Coven Garden, died on January 9 at her home in Detroit. She was 71. Born of a Dutch mother and African-American father, her family history is said … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — Her arms at her side against her glimmering, long black jacket and her blond hair pulled into a ponytail, Susanna Mälkki soaked in several minutes of applause after a thrilling Carnegie Hall debut. She had conducted the … » Read

Mary Ellen Northrop, an unassuming Wilmington music lover who enjoyed playing the clarinet and spent her life working as a budget and tax analyst, once hinted to officials at the Music School of Delaware (MSD) that she might give them a gift. … » Read

Italian-American conductor Speranza Scappucci, who emerged Stateside as a 2014 Musical America New Artist of the Month , is going to be making her La Scala debut a bit earlier than anticipated. In the mixed blessings of the current Covid … » Read

As anticipated, the Cleveland Orchestra has cancelled its tour of Southern Florida, scheduled for January 21-29, starting at the Adrianne Arsht Center in Miami and traveling to the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, and Symphony Hall at … » Read