Marin Alsop arrives on the podium of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra this weekend amid the Chicago Tribune 's speculation that she may be under consideration to succeed Riccardo Muti as music director when his contract concludes in 2023. The first … » Read

Gordon Sumner, aka Sting, has sold his back catalog to Universal Music in a deal that could be worth as much as $300m. “It felt natural to unite everything in one trusted home,” said the 70-year-old musician, who first found fame in … » Read

Ricky Ian Gordon headed downtown where his The Garden of the Finzi-Continis was being premiered by the New York City Opera on Jan. 27. When not absorbed with that, he walked from his Upper West Side home to Lincoln Center, where previews were … » Read

LONDON--After years of relative neglect, Baroque opera has made a triumphant return to the Royal Opera House with two very different new shows opening within days of each other. Katie Mitchell’s spectacular interpretation of Handel’s … » Read

Gina Duncan, who left the Brooklyn Academy of Music in September 2020 to become producing director at the Sundance Institute, is returning to BAM as its new president. “We saw Gina’s extraordinary leadership skills firsthand during … » Read

A new study from UNESCO, the United Nation’s cultural agency, reports that ten million jobs in the creative industries have been lost to the pandemic. At the same time, increasing digitization of cultural content has made it harder for … » Read

The Curtis Institute of Music and New England Conservatory have both announced recent alumni additions to their studio faculties. At Curtis, Erin Keefe and Benjamin Beilman will start next fall, offering individual lessons and chamber/orchestral … » Read

Claire Spencer, CEO of Arts Center Melbourne (ACM), is to become the first ever CEO of the Barbican Center, which claims to be the largest performing arts and conference center in Europe. She succeeds Nicholas Kenyon, who stepped down last … » Read

Ryan Wigglesworth has been selected to assume the position of chief conductor for the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (BBC SSO) as of September. He succeeds Thomas Dausgaard, in the post for six years, and recently departed from the Seattle … » Read

Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, active on the world’s major opera stages and a Grammy-winning recording artist, is moving on to “the next stage of [her] career,” as she puts it, changing to Promethean Artists for worldwide general … » Read