The Charlotte (NC) Symphony Orchestra will take on John Luther Adams’s 2014 Pulitzer Prize-winning Become Ocean as its second “immersive experience” in three performances—Feb.  28 to March 1, 2025. The 90-minute, … » Read

Composer/ conductor Tan Dun was named Officier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture at a ceremony on Dec. 13 at Musée Guimetin Paris. Named a Chevalier des Arts… in 2019, Tan Dun received this higher moniker … » Read

LONDON—As the new chief conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Antonio Pappano has made British music a key component of his opening season. This December 15 concert at the Barbican Centre—a program of major works by Vaughan … » Read

Amanda Robie has been promoted from managing director to executive director of the Saratoga Opera , a position that sees her working closely with Mary Birnbaum, general and artistic director.  A resident of Saratoga Springs, Robie has sung … » Read

Nicholas Hersh, onetime associate conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO), is to return as the first principal conductor of the BSO Academy, an annual week-long program for adults of rehearsals, performances, and workshops alongside … » Read

Asmik Grigorian, the Lithuanian soprano who made a stunning debut at the Metropolitan Opera last spring as Madama Butterfly , returned to New York on Dec. 12 with an all-Russian program of songs by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff in Zankel Hall, … » Read

Anyone seeking evidence of the affirming power of music need look no further than the number of musicians who continue to play for John Eliot Gardiner, despite past instances of his abusive behavior. In the words of Marten Root, a 68-year-old … » Read

Greek conductor Elisa Gogou is to become general music director of the Lower Bavaria State Theater in 2026, succeeding Basil Coleman. Gogou, 50, has been serving as 1 st Kapellmeister and Deputy General Music Director at the Anhaltisches Theater … » Read

Bloomberg Philanthropies (BP) has dramatically expanded the number of institutions—from 50 to 200—benefitting from its Digital Accelerator Program, which provides funding and management training to improve essential digital … » Read

After more than a year, the Cincinnati Ballet has named a new permanent artistic director, former principal dancer Cervilio Miguel Amador, interim artistic director since Jodie Gates’s abrupt departure in September 2023 after just 14 … » Read