The Los Angeles Music Center—whose resident companies include the Center Theatre Group, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angles Opera and the Los Angeles Philharmonic—has a new board chair in philanthropist and onetime City Council … » Read

LONDON—Cards on the table, there were appreciative guffaws from some in the Covent Garden audience at the opening night (October 14) of this new staging of Don Pasquale . I’m baffled as to why. Damiano Michieletto’s ageist … » Read

Richard Ortner, past president of the Boston Conservatory (now the Boston Conservatory at Berklee) died on October 10 after a battle with cancer. He was 71. In the words of Cathy Young, senior vice president and executive director of the … » Read

Ara Guzelimian, who announced his departure from the Juilliard School as dean and provost last June, is to be the Ojai Festival’s artistic director as of its 75 th season, June 10 to 13, 2021. He succeeds Chad Smith, named to the post 18 … » Read

The appointment of Annilese Miskimmon [pictured] as the English National Opera’s (ENO)  new artistic director, argues David Benedict in The Stage , is shocking because “she’s startlingly well-equipped for the job. … » Read

András Keller, artistic director and chief conductor of the Concerto Budapest Symphony Orchestra since 2007, is also a world-renowned Hungarian violinist, founder of the Keller Quartet, professor of violin at the Guildhall School of Music … » Read

Toronto Mendelssohn Choir (TMC), one of Canada’s most highly regarded professional choirs, has named Anna Kajtar to succeed Cynthia Hawkins as executive director. Kajtar has served in an administrative capacity for a number of arts groups, … » Read

With the exception of the New York Phil, which plays up the road, Carnegie Hall is the place to catch the “Big Five” when they are in town. Last week it was the Cleveland Orchestra opening Carnegie’s new season , and October 15 … » Read

The New York and Hong Kong philharmonics’ Music Director Jaap van Zweden has won not one but two awards in the last 24 hours. Today, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw announced him as the winner of its 2020 Concertgebouw Prize, given to musicians … » Read

On Oct. 13 the border between San Diego and Tijuana, among the most politically charged spaces in North America, was the site of a performance by Choir!Choir!Choir! The Toronto-based group, founded by Canadian artists Daveed Goldman and Nobu … » Read