On May 18 the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) will resume performing before a live audience. After a rehearsal a few days earlier, Ed Vulliamy, a former writer for the Guardian and the Observer , talked with the LSO’s principal conductor, … » Read

Russian-born billionaire Alexander Shustorovich is pretty much singlehandedly keeping IMG Artists afloat. By his own estimation, he has invested “tens of millions” in the company. Shustorovich, alleged to be a 50-50 share holder with … » Read

Amanda Gookin is to be the next executive director of Music at the Anthology, or MATA, which supports emerging composers through commissioning, performing, and funding their work. Founded by Philip Glass, Eleonor Sandresky, and Lisa Bielawa in … » Read

One unintended consequence of the pandemic was the “found” time it offered to those unable to pursue their normal duties. Hence someone as busy as Nicholas Kenyon, managing director of London’s Barbican Centre, and former … » Read

Robert Fitzpatrick, a clarinetist and longtime administrator at the Curtis Institute of Music, died on May 10 in Paris at age 75. A native Philadelphian, he graduated from Curtis in 1968, and also earned two music degrees from Temple University. … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — Locked out Metropolitan Opera stagehands protested the use of nonunion shops to construct sets for the company's upcoming season, attracting a crowd of roughly 1,000 people outside Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts … » Read

The English National Opera (ENO) has released plans for its 2021-22 season, which will include 67 performances of four new productions and three revivals spread over the six months between October 14 and April 14. The season, the first for new … » Read

In his first music directorship, conductor Christian Reif takes the artistic helm of Minnesota’s Lakes Area Music Festival (LAMF), effective immediately. The festival, founded in 2009 and based in Brainerd, MN, runs July 30-August 22, an … » Read

Finnish conductor Pietari Inkinen is to be the next music director of the KBS Symphony Orchestra in Seoul, the national radio symphony orchestra in Korea. He succeeds Yoel Levi, who left in 2019. Inkinen has signed a three-year commitment, … » Read

WASHINGTON (AP) — Famed actor Phylicia Rashad is returning to her alma mater as the new dean of the Howard University College of Fine Arts. The longtime performer and Tony Award winner, who rose to cultural prominence as Clair Huxtable on … » Read