Veteran arts administrator Cora Cahan [pictured] is to be the next president and CEO of the Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC); she succeeds Georgiana Pickett, who served as executive director from August 2011 to April 2019. Cahan brings an impressive … » Read

Not every parent would want to go to work everyday with their child. But for John Ferrillo, principal oboist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) since 2001, sharing the stage with his daughter Mary, a violist, as of the new season, represents … » Read

The Sarasota Orchestra,  recently in the news in its search for a new home, has reached a four-year collective bargaining agreement with its musicians, good through the 2022-23 season. The players will be getting a raise for their 36 weeks … » Read

Plácido Domingo has resigned as general director of the Los Angeles Opera and withdrawn from all future performances there. Statement from Domingo: “Recent accusations that have been made against me in the press have created an … » Read

That was quick—but also inevitable, perhaps. Chad Smith, who first joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 2002 and was named COO in 2015, is the new President and CEO of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. “The LA Phil has been my creative … » Read

Although opera is more familiar next door at the Met, the New York Philharmonic gave its cousin a run for its money with a double bill of Schoenberg’s rarely staged monodrama Erwartung and Bartók’s more familiar … » Read

Acclaimed Georgian composer Giya Kancheli has died at the age of 84. A well-known theater and film scorer-- Kin-Dza-Dza!  (1986) and  Pasport  (1990), to name a few—he composed more than 37 orchestral pieces, 10 chamber music … » Read

Anne-Sophie Mutter’s appearance on Sept. 28 was billed as one of the highlights of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s (CSO) 125 th anniversary season. Mutter, one of the world’s great violin virtuosos, had appeared only once … » Read

Lyric FM, the Limerick-based classical music radio station, is in danger of being shuttered by its owner, Ireland’s public-service broadcaster Raidio Teiligis Eireann (RTÉ). According to Dee Forbes, the company’s … » Read

The late Herbert Kuperferberg was assigned in 1981 by Musical America to write a profile of Jessye Norman at the height of her career. She was the 1982 Musician of the Year yet her Metropolitan Opera debut was still one year away. A soprano who … » Read