For the first time, the Banff International String Quartet Competition has awarded its first prize to two ensembles: The Marmen String Quartet, from London, and the Viano String Quartet, from Los Angeles. Ten quartets competed in the week-long … » Read

Louise Jeffreys, artistic director of the Barbican, is to become deputy chair of English National Opera and the London Coliseum. She succeeds Nicholas Allan. She announced her departure from the Barbican, scheduled for the end of this year, in … » Read

Gianandrea Noseda is wasting no time in reshaping the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO). Now entering his third season at the NSO’s artistic helm, he has brought in 16 new musicians, five of whom start this season. Succeeding Barry Hearn as … » Read

The death of noted philanthropist H. F. “Gerry” Lenfest in August 2018 has brought an end to the “Love the Arts in Philadelphia” marketing program. Over almost 20 years, Lenfest’s foundation had given $24 million to … » Read

The glittering production was a high point of the Washington Opera’s 1999-2000 season: Jules Massenet’s Le Cid ,about a legendary Spanish conqueror, starring a tenor legendary in his own right — Plácido Domingo, then … » Read

Unfortunately, stories of men behaving badly in the classical music world are losing their power to surprise us. The past few years have seen a plethora of claims of sexual abuse and intimidation by such luminaries as James Levine , Charles … » Read

David J. Kitto, former senior VP for marketing and sales at the Kennedy Center, is the new executive director the Washington, D.C.’s National Theater Corporation. He succeeded Sarah Bartlo-Chaplin, now at the State Theater New Jersey, in … » Read

Composer/arranger/pedagogue Larry Clark, former longtime VP and editor-in-chief for Carl Fischer Music, is being called on the carpet for using a fictitious name on a number of his compositions. A  Facebook posting by Arizona based … » Read

The third annual Cultural Infrastructure Index reveals that $8b was spent on the construction of 148 new museums and cultural institutions in 2018. This figure represents an almost 20 percent drop from last year’s total of $9.9b , which … » Read

The Westminster Foundation--the group of alumni and faculty that has been most vigilant in the effort to keep Westminster Choir College alive and well and continuing to operate on its longtime Princeton campus—has announced a … » Read