NEWS ROUNDUP


Industry News

Kentucky Gov't Gives Louisville O $4.3M for Statewide Touring

April 8, 2022 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
The Louisville Orchestra has received $4.3 million from the state in support of a two-year Kentucky-wide tour, set to start in 2023. This represents a return to the orchestra’s early days. The difference is that these concerts and events … » Read
 

Reviews

Chamber Music Society Gets Its Mojo Back (and Lives to Tell the Tale)

April 8, 2022 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
If the pandemic and shutdown wrought devastation, re-emergence has posed its own challenges. Tonight, “Setting the Stage” on PBS documents how the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center—its musicians, staff, technicians, and … » Read
 

Contests & Awards

Austin Opera Gets $3.3M to Support Hispanic and Latinx Programming

April 8, 2022 | Nicholas Beard, Musical America
Two longtime supporters of the Austin Opera (AO)—Sarah and Ernest Butler—have given the company $3.3mn to support Spanish language programming and appoint an inaugural curator of Hispanic and Latinx repertoire and performers. … » Read
 

Industry News

LBO Investigation Finds No Discrimination, Just Poor Management

April 8, 2022 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
In December of last year, three Black Long Beach Opera (LBO) staff members resigned amid allegations that the company fostered a culture of misogyny and racism. Two additional staffers—a BIPOC designer and a female LBO … » Read
 

Industry News

Concerts for Ukraine, from a Single Guitar to Massed Forces

April 8, 2022 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
Benefit concerts are nothing new, but the sheer volume of events in support of Ukraine is surely unprecedented. The musical offerings have ranged from opera to country, with venues as different in scope as the Metropolitan Opera and an ad hoc … » Read
 

People in the News

New Managers and a New Office

April 7, 2022 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
Violinist Philippe Quint [pictured] has joined Wittenberg Artists for worldwide general management. Quint, who has 18 recordings to his credit, including his latest of transcribed Charlie Chaplin songs, is an internationally known soloist … » Read
 

People in the News

Soprano Ailyn Peréz: The AP Interview

April 7, 2022 | Mike Silverman, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — For soprano Ailyn Peréz, being rejected by the man she loves is all part of the job these days. But accepting a marriage proposal in front of a live audience? That was once in a lifetime. Peréz is … » Read
 

Industry News

Conductor Appointments: Italy & the Netherlands

April 7, 2022 | Nicholas Beard, Musical America
Riccardo Minasi, chief conductor of the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, is the new music director of Tetrao Carlo Felice in Genoa. He’ll conduct two operas and four symphonic programs for each of the next three seasons, starting in 2022-23. … » Read
 

People in the News

J.P. Getty Trust Names New Prez & CEO

April 7, 2022 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
The J. Paul Getty Trust, whose $9.2bn endowment makes it the world’s wealthiest arts institution, has chosen New York University Provost Katherine E. Fleming as its new president and CEO. She follows James Cuno, who will retire this summer … » Read
 

People in the News

Tribute to Janet, the Kronos's Significant Other

April 7, 2022 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
Over four decades, Janet Cowperthwaite has been the magician behind the curtain making the Kronos Quartet a leader in the world of contemporary music. As a 21-year-old college senior in San Francisco, she took a part-time job helping around the … » Read
 
 

»More News

 
 

RENT A PHOTO

Search Musical America's archive of photos from 1900-1992.

 

»BROWSE & SEARCH ARCHIVE