John Roloff is the new COO of the Kansas City Symphony . He arrives from the Milwaukee Symphony, where, as VP of orchestra and facility operations, he functioned as executive producer for MSO’s live and media activities, including a … » Read

A new study conducted at the University of Toronto and Unity Health Toronto has found that beneficial brain plasticity in patients with mild cognitive impairment or early Alzheimer's disease results from repeated listening to personally … » Read

The Sphinx Organization has selected three recipients of its 2022 Venture Fund grants. Launched in 2020, the fund aims to invest $1.5mn over five years to support initiatives related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in classical music … » Read

LONDON--Whether it was the inclusion of Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending —a work that recently topped the U.K.’s Classic FM Hall of Fame for the 11th year in a row—or the star power of American violinist Hilary Hahn, … » Read

Conductor Semyon Bychkov has cancelled his first trip to the U.S. in three years, quashing plans to conduct the Cleveland Orchestra November 11-13 and the New York Philharmonic November 17-19. Neither orchestra cited an official reason. In … » Read

The Pittsburgh Opera has received a $5mn gift, the largest in the company’s 83-year history, from Francois Bitz, a tech entrepreneur and real estate developer who is also a member of the opera board. “A gift of this magnitude has … » Read

Sir Roger Norrington, leader of the historical performance practice movement both abroad and Stateside for the last half-century, has announced that he will conduct his final concert on November 18, leading the Royal Northern Sinfonia (RNS) at … » Read

The Little Orchestra Society (L.O.S.) has promoted its director of education and recent associate director to the top administrative post. Now executive director, Anthony C. Ball succeeds Joanne Bernstein-Cohen, who died in August at the age of … » Read

When Ghosts in the Ruins receives its world premiere in Coventry Cathedral this January, the requiem’s British composer Nitin Sawhney will be following in the footsteps of Benjamin Britten. Luftwaffe bombing raids destroyed the original … » Read

When New York opened to international travelers on Nov. 8, few people could be happier than those working in the arts and entertainment industries. Tourists from abroad mean the resurgence of ticket sales, dormant during the pandemic, to … » Read