The Music Academy of the West (MAW) has appointed Jamie Broumas to the newly created position of chief artistic officer. Currently director of classical and new music programs at the Kennedy Center, she will assume her new job in January. Founded … » Read

As the train pulls into Ossining, in Westchester, NY, I catch the glimmer of the barbed wire surrounding Sing Sing Prison through the window. It’s an eerie welcome; the proximity successfully magnifies the impact of The Wait Room , San … » Read

Columbia Artists has announced three additions to its roster. Elena Schwarz [pictured], Musical America’s August 2019 New Artist of the Month , has signed for North American representation. The Swiss-Australian conductor was recently the … » Read

Apparently Italian audiences love tenor Vittorio Grigolo, no matter what. A self-confessed (to Vogue ) “sex addict” and happy to say so, he is currently under investigation by the Royal Opera House for an onstage female groping … » Read

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Plácido Domingo has resigned as general director of the Los Angeles Opera and withdrawn from all future performances there.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