In what appears to be a savvy appointment, given his commitment to connecting his artform with his community, Louisville Orchestra Music Director Teddy Abrams has been selected as artist in residence for the 2025-26 Aspen Institute, a position in … » Read

A unanimous vote by the chorus of the Welsh National Opera (WNO) has approved actions short of a strike to disrupt performances scheduled for Feb. 27 and March 1. Past actions of this nature included leafletting, talking to audience members, and … » Read

It’s difficult to follow a legend. But Casey Reitz, the president of Orange County’s Segerstrom Center for the Arts, is confident that in Limor Tomer his organization has found the right person to succeed Judy Morr as vice president … » Read

The Austin Opera’s upcoming 2025-26 season will mark the company’s 40 th anniversary as well as its tenth season under the leadership of General Director & CEO Annie Burridge (a 2024 Top 30 Professional). The season includes two … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO—What do you do when your audience can’t get enough of Yuja Wang? Feature her twice, on a single program. Marathon performances like the one on Feb. 16 at Davies Symphony Hall are nothing new for Wang. But her … » Read

LOS ANGELES—For Armenian-American composer Mary Kouyoumdjian, the prospect of transforming Atom Egoyan’s 2008 film Adoration into an opera—her first—must have seemed predestined. How could she resist? One of the main … » Read

Anthony Mazzocchi, a trombonist and former director of the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University, has succeeded Kate Sheeran as executive director of the Kaufman Music Center. Sheeran was in the job six years; she left in … » Read

F ebruary, 2025 Dear Friends, Three years ago I wrote to tell you that I'm battling Glioblastoma. The three and a half years since the initial diagnosis have been a special time in my life, filled with friends, family, and music. They have also … » Read

LONDON—In recent years the U.K. has seen a steady rise in micro- Rings , pared back versions of Wagner’s epic four-parter delivered by increasingly smaller orchestral forces. Graham Vick and Jonathan Dove's boiled down ten-hour cycle … » Read

After three years as its president, Gina Duncan will step down from The Brooklyn Academy of Music when her contract expires in June. The first person of color to lead BAM, her 2022 appointment represented her return to an organization she had … » Read