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

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

Brexit appears to be the gift that just keeps on giving. In a recent appearance before the U.K.’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Jessica Koravos, president of Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s Really Useful Group, told MPs that it … » Read

Santtu-Matias Rouvali will be leaving the Tampere Philharmonic at the end of 2022-23, marking ten years as its chief conductor. The 36-year-old rising Finn, among those “auditioning” this season for Jaap van Zweden’s job as New … » Read

A group of preservationists in St. Louis is hoping to convince the city’s symphony orchestra (SLSO) not to demolish a nearby 35-year-old home to facilitate SLSO’s planned $100 million expansion of Powell Hall . “I am not really … » Read

With Riccardo Muti down for the count with Covid-19, his Chicago Symphony Orchestra concerts next week will require not one but two conductors to replace him. The bad news from the shift is that Leif Ove Andsnes will not be performing the Britten … » Read

As anticipated, Zachary Woolfe is moving from the position of classical music editor to classical music critic of The New York Times . He succeeds Anthony Tommasini , who retired last year after holding the rather loftier title of chief classical … » Read

Mark C. Hanson, who resigned as CEO of the San Francisco Symphony not long after Esa-Pekka Salonen took over as music director, is to be the new CEO of the Baltimore Symphony. He starts April 21 and succeeds Peter Kjome, whose contract expired in … » Read

Although public radio’s classical outlets experienced declining audiences during the pandemic, many of those who did listen found a soothing refuge from a scary world and responded with ratings records and generous donations. For WDAV in … » Read

Thirty young pianists will compete for prizes in the 16th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Normally held every four years, the pandemic led to a one-year delay, with the competition now scheduled for June 2 to18 in Fort Worth. Of the … » Read