Ontario Arts Council, responsible for funding the likes of the Canadian Opera Company, the Toronto Symphony, Tafelmusik, plus the region’s numerous lower profile outfits, has hired Michael Murray as its new CEO, starting August 29. Murray … » Read

After two years of online music in deference to the pandemic, the 60-year-old Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music is returning to live performance, July 24-August 7, with a season of orchestral music touching on social, political, and … » Read

If not Leon Botstein, then who?  Nobody but this venerable impresario/conductor—president of Bard College and its annual music festival, music director of the American Symphony Orchestra, author, scholar, etc.—regularly sets out … » Read

Three musicians are recipients of the Sphinx Organization’s 2023 Medal of Excellence. Cellist Thomas Mesa, soprano Aundi Marie Moore, and composer Joel Thompson will each receive the medal and a $50,000 career grant recognizing … » Read

Just under one year after taking the job, Peter Mraz has resigned as president and CEO of the American Pianists Association.  Mraz succeeded Joel Harrison, with APA for 21 years before retiring in June of 2021. Mraz’s hiring was a bit … » Read

Boundary-pushing trio Time for Three (TF3),  known for its equal facility across a panoply of genres and vintages, has joined Opus 3 Artists for North American representation. (For general management, it remains with Park Avenue … » Read

The Gogol Center, the daring and often controversial theater revivified by the film and theater director Kirill Serebrennikov, is no more. On June 29, the Moscow Department of Culture announced that the contracts for artistic director and … » Read

AIX-EN-PROVENCE— The Aix Opera Festival is thriving under the artistic direction of Pierre Audi, now in his fourth summer at the helm, and the riches on offer in 2022 are copious indeed. That’s not to suggest that everything in the … » Read

The Met Opera may not be offering its free streams anymore, but for those willing to contend with the elements, it will screen free HD encore performances August 27-September 5 in Lincoln Center Plaza. First up, though, on August 26,is Steven … » Read

In 1998 cellist Yo-Yo Ma founded the Silk Road Project, a touring ensemble of musicians devoted to cross-cultural collaboration and bringing music to underserved communities. When he announced his plans to step aside in 2017, a trio of its … » Read