Bramwell Tovey is to be the next music director of the Sarasota (FL) Orchestra, officially starting in fall of 2022, serving as designate in the coming season. Tovey, 68, is perhaps best known as the longtime music director of Canada's Vancouver … » Read

BAYREUTH -- For Die Walküre , seen August 19, the vast Bayreuth stage has been turned into a giant, bright white triptych. Controversial Viennese artist Herman Nitsch, charged with creating the “artistic action” for this concert … » Read

Marc Stevens is to succeed Paul Dornian as president and CEO of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra next month. Dornian is retiring after six years in the job. Stevens arrives after seven years at the National Arts Center (NAC) in Ottawa, where he … » Read

Proof of vaccination will be required in the fall to enter any of the Kimmel Center’s venues, including Verizon Hall, the Academy of Music, or the Merriam Theater; children under 12 must show proof of a negative COVID-19 test within 72 … » Read

Chamber Music America (CMA) has announced 81 grants totaling $1,290,450 spread over six programs. Awards will support the creation, performance, and presentation of small ensemble works, community engagement and audience-building initiatives, and … » Read

In typical cliff-hanger fashion, the musicians of the Metropolitan Opera have reached an agreement with their employer, enabling the opening of the country’s biggest-budget arts organization as planned on September 27, after 18 months of … » Read

BAYREUTH, Germany—After last summer’s lost season, the Bayreuth Festival reopened with an audacious production of Der fliegende Höllander led by Oksana Lyniv of Urkania, the first woman ever to conduct here. With strict rules in … » Read

Julia Desbruslais has announced that she will step down as executive director of the London Mozart Players (LMP) at the end of 2021. She has been with the group since 1989 as a cellist, and assumed the executive position in 2016, two years after … » Read

The three artistic principals of the Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition have stepped down, in the words of the French periodical La Lettre du Musicien , “so that the competition… continues to live on.” Their departure is part of … » Read

Tom West, former chief advancement officer of the Los Angeles based American Film Institute, is the new executive director of the Atlanta Ballet. He succeeds Arturo Jacobus, who retired at the end of last season, leaving the company in fiscal … » Read