The Monteux School and Music Festival, the six-week conductor-intensive founded by legendary maestro Pierre Monteux in 1943, has a new executive director in Stan Renard , an alumnus of the school. Renard succeeds Marc C. Thayer, in the job … » Read

On Dec. 2, the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation announced donations of $100mn each to arts and cultural institutions in western New York and southeast Michigan. Wilson established the $1.2bn foundation in 2014 to fund activities in the Buffalo … » Read

The unprecedented partnership created by a generously endowed conservatory (San Francisco Conservatory of Music, or SFCM) purchasing a Covid-vulnerable artist management firm (Opus 3) has new leadership. David Stull—president of SFCM and … » Read

“Curtis at 92Y,” a new collaboration between Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute of Music and the 92 nd Street Y, will offer performances, classes for schoolchildren, adult education, mentorship, and more while providing Curtis with … » Read

On Nov. 30 Véronique Lacroix, artistic director and founder of L’Ensemble contemporain de Montréal (ECM+), told a stunned audience that the ensemble would be shutting down, most likely after a final concert. “We worked … » Read

In October, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra opened with great fanfare its new home at Bradley Symphony Center, the $90 million conversion of the former Warner Grand Theater in the downtown area of the city. That's the good news, along with a … » Read

Film music, an essential component of the motion picture art, has often been considered the musical equivalent of a red-headed step child—underappreciated and not quite up to classical standards. Ironically, these days, writes Mark Swed for … » Read

CLEVELAND—Plenty of rising artists have gained attention by substituting for their more established colleagues at the last minute. Pianist Tom Borrow, however, is making a career out of it.   Still just 21 years old, Borrow has hit the … » Read

MILAN--The 1750 London premiere of Handel’s Theodora was a flop, receiving only three performances in its opening run. The oratorio’s La Scala debut on Nov. 20 was a different story, the audience erupting into raucous applause at the … » Read

Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez is to be the next artistic director of the Rossini Opera Festival, an annual summer event dedicated to its namesake. He was recommended by his predecessor in the position, Ernesto Palacio, also a Peruvian … » Read