Last week the China Philharmonic performed under an unlikely maestro: Jack Ma, co-founder and former executive chairman of Alibaba Group, a multinational technology conglomerate, and among the richest men in China. The orchestra had been hired by … » Read

Labor strikes over proposed pension changes are crippling Paris, with one in every four high speed trains cancelled, most underground transport at a standstill, and no letup in sight before Christmas. Some 15 performances have been cancelled at … » Read

Anyone skeptical of overnight celebrity should bear in mind that before he was catapulted to fame and fortune in 2018 as “The Royal Wedding Cellist,” Sheku Kanneh-Mason had already become the first black artist to win the 2016 BBC … » Read

Kendra Whitlock Ingram, executive director of the University of Denver’s Newman Center for the Performing Arts since 2016, is to be the new president and CEO of Milwaukee’s Marcus Performing Arts Center. The first woman to hold the … » Read

An increase in donations helped the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra (SPCO) finish the 2019 fiscal year with a $143,000 surplus against a $10.8m annual operating budget. About 63 percent of its income came from individuals, companies, and … » Read

Ambitious building projects in the music world are progressing well in both Cincinnati and San Francisco. Music and Event Management Inc. (MEMI) announced that its 4,500-person capacity venue on the northern bank of the Ohio River in the Queen … » Read

UPDATE: As of late Friday evening, Todd tendered his resignation and the board of directors accepted it, thanking him for a job well done. A letter from the players committee submitted to the board of directors on Tuesday called for the dismissal … » Read

Peter Emmerich, press spokesman for the Bayreuth Festival for over 30 years, has died. He was 61. Last night, Festival Director Katharina Wagner confirmed his sudden death. He was found  in his apartment; the cause is not as yet known. … » Read

American Soprano Latonia Moore, whose performance as Serena (“My Man’s Gone Now”) in the Met’s Porgy and Bess this fall rightfully earned abundant praise, has left Askonas Holt and joined the roster of San Francisco-based … » Read

CHICAGO—Two years ago, when conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya signed on as music director for Chicago Opera Theater, she made her plans for the company very clear. A major goal was introducing audiences to new contemporary operas and neglected … » Read