Susan Loris, executive VP of institutional advancement at the Milwaukee Symphony, died of an apparent heart attack on January 7, the orchestra said in a statement. She had been serving as acting president and executive director since November, … » Read

The Republic of Ireland is finalizing plans to provide a basic income for as many as 2,000 people working in the arts. The idea was the top recommendation from an arts and culture taskforce established to determine how best to respond to the … » Read

Dale Clevenger, for 47 years the principal horn for the Chicago Symphony, died on Jan. 5, 2022 in Italy. He was 81. Renowned for his sound, technique, and finesse, he performed under four CSO music directors—Jean Martinon, Sir Georg Solti, … » Read

The Chicago-based WFMT Radio Network launched its first broadcast of the China National Center for the Performing Arts (CNCPA) on January 6, the first of 13 new two-hour programs to be aired until March 31. A coproduction of the network and the … » Read

That was quick. Danish conductor Thomas Dausgaard has abruptly resigned as music director of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra (SSO). He did so by telephone earlier this week, ahead of the expiration of his contract through 2022-23. He will have … » Read

LONDON--A new year brings new challenges as COVID continues its determined tussle with the arts here in the U.K. However, despite case numbers in London being off the charts, it seemed nothing was going to stop music lovers packing the Barbican … » Read

Violinist Geneva Lewis , Musical America’s June 2021 New Artist of the Month , has signed with Artist Management Group. Recipient of a 2021 Avery Fisher Career Grant and winner of the Grand Prize at the 2020 Concert Artists Guild (CAG) … » Read

Eugene Lavrenchuk, former director of the Moscow Polish Theater, the Odesa Opera and Ballet Theater, and Ukraine's first cinema and theater school, has been detained in Naples since Dec. 17. He was arrested on a Russian warrant when his flight … » Read

December was a very busy month for Lidiya Yankovskaya, music director of the Chicago Opera Theater. On Dec. 11, she conducted the opening of Mark Adamo’s Becoming Santa Claus . Five days later, she gave birth to her second child, and three … » Read

The January 11 Carnegie Hall concert by the Philadelphia Orchestra under its Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin has been postponed to February 21 at 8 pm, “due to COVID-related concerns arising from the large number of … » Read