The English National Opera (ENO) has announced the second phase of its strategy to make the opera industry more accessible and inclusive. The ENO plans to recruit five string players from the Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities … » Read

A group of landowners has informed the City of Sarasota, FL, that they have the ideal spot for the Sarasota Orchestra’s new hall. The orchestra has been in search of a site ever since a group of tennis players lobbied successfully to … » Read

Longtime artist manager Stephen Wright — former joint managing director of Harold Holt, founder & managing director of IMG Artists Europe, and chairman of Wright Music Management—has “transitioned” his firm, its staff, … » Read

Nearing the conclusion of its annual conference in New York (January 10-14), The Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) yesterday honored a number of its members during a special awards ceremony and luncheon at the Hilton Hotel in … » Read

The Australian Festival of Chamber Music (AFCM) has tapped British violinist Jack Liebeck as its new artistic director. He follows Kathryn Stott, who will step down at the conclusion of the 2020 festival. News of his appointment coincides with … » Read

Michael Volpe, founder and general director of Opera Holland Park, has announced his intention to step down as of October, 2020, calling his move “early retirement.”  Volpe started with the Holland Park Theater in 1989, and … » Read

The drama in the personal lives of today’s opera divas doesn’t hold a candle to that of Lydia Locke, an American soprano of the early 20 th century whose biography includes seven marriages, two dead husbands, and a stolen baby. Born … » Read

Kevin Lin, co-leader of the London Philharmonic, is to be the new concertmaster of the Indianapolis Symphony. He assumes the post as of next season; in the meantime, he has been serving as guest concertmaster for Indianapolis’s current … » Read

The Cincinnati Symphony has for the third time extended the contract of its music director, Louis Langrée. Currently in his seventh season with the CSO, he is now committed through 2023-24. The news was announced at the orchestra’s … » Read

Ballet BC (British Columbia) has chosen one its favorite choreographers to be its next artistic director, taking over in July 2020 in time for the company’s 2020-21 season, its 35 th . He is Nederlands Dans Theater alumnus Medhi Walerski, … » Read