The reopening of Paris's Théâtre du Châtelet on Sept. 13 represented more than simply the completion of a much-needed $34.7m renovation. It also marked the ongoing programmatic transformation of the 157-year-old venue. Long … » Read

A year ago, Priti Gandhi left her post as artistic administrator at the San Diego Opera to become the chief artistic officer of the Minnesota Opera, intent on building on the company’s reputation as a leader in promoting diversity in the … » Read

The Baltimore Symphony has declared its musicians on strike (“The musicians of the BSO have not returned to work this week”) and so has postponed the coming weekend’s opening event by one week. The free concert scheduled for … » Read

CHICAGO--The  announcement Thursday that 51-year-old Barcelona-born Italian conductor Enrique Mazzola would become Lyric Opera of Chicago’s third music director beginning in 2021-22 may have been a surprise. But it didn’t exactly … » Read

Anthony Parnther takes the podium on Sept. 13 to launch his first season as music director of the San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra (SBSO). One of the very few black conductors in the U.S., he was hired after conducting the SBSO and earning three … » Read

In July violinist Lara St. John brought to light a decades-old scandal that continues to embroil Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute of Music in controversy . Her allegations that she was sexually molested and raped in the mid-1980s at age 14 … » Read

Just one week out from the opening of its 138 th season, the Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced that its concertmaster of 35 years, Malcolm Lowe, is stepping down, effective immediately. Lowe, 66, has been absent from Symphony Hall for over … » Read

Lyric Opera of Chicago announced a major artistic change today, with longtime Music Director Sir Andrew Davis stepping down at the end of 2020-21 and Italian conductor Enrique Mazzola stepping into his shoes immediately thereafter. In the … » Read

Russian conductor Alevtina Ioffe [pictured], said to be only female music director in her country, has signed with AMC, Artist Management Company Ltd., for worldwide representation. In so doing, she becomes the agency’s only woman conductor … » Read

The Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra is having a hard time getting its season underway. Tomorrow night’s opening was supposed to have been conducted by Franz Welser-Möst, with Janine Jansen as soloist in the Tchaikovsky Violin … » Read