Writing in The Guardian , John Gilhooly, director of Wigmore Hall and chair of the Royal Philharmonic Society and recent recipient of CBE among the Queen's Honors, reminds readers of the critical role music can, and should play, in the … » Read

Joshua Kosman, music critic for the San Francisco Chronicle , makes no excuses for failing to limit his year-end list of musical highlights. “To have gone without live music for as long as we did through the months of lockdown was a … » Read

Enough, already! Across the U.S., performances, industry conferences, and numerous other indoor events are being disrupted by Covid. In western Europe, it’s pretty much the same, although cancellations and last-minute cast changes are … » Read

American conductor James Gaffigan becomes general music director of the Komische Oper Berlin as of  2023/24, succeeding Ainars Rubikis, in the position since 2018/19. His appointment was announced this morning in Berlin by Klaus Lederer, … » Read

Tino Gagliardi has won a three-year term as president and executive director of the NYC Musicians' Union Local 802, the largest local union of professional musicians in the world. His election, which was unopposed, represents a fourth time around … » Read

As the pandemic takes its third curtain call, the Broadway theater world once again faces cancelled shows and closings as performers test positive and submit to quarantine. The one positive note to this sorry situation is the long overdue … » Read

General Manager Peter Gelb greeted the audience at the premiere of the new  Rigoletto  on New Year’s Eve at the Metropolitan Opera. Among other things, he said announcements would no longer be made that singers would perform … » Read

Musicologist and arts administrator Paolo Pinamonti is to be the next artistic director of the Macerata (Italy) Opera Festival for three years, starting next summer, with Tosca featured on the schedule. He succeeds Barbara Minghetti, in the job … » Read

Silicon Valley’s big tech firms have long been considered tight-fisted when it comes to supporting the arts in California’s Bay Area. Some recent examples to the contrary—an unsolicited $10,000 donation from the software company … » Read

Sandra Jaffe, who with her late husband Allan founded Preservation Hall in New Orleans six decades ago, died on Dec. 26 at age 83. A Philadelphia native, she and her husband were returning from their honeymoon in Mexico in 1961, when they stopped … » Read