The Nashville Symphony announced that Leonard Slatkin will return to serve as Music Advisor this September for a term extending through the 2027/28 season. He assumes the role as Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero’s 16-year tenure comes … » Read

Opera Philadelphia, the small opera company that can, and does, has chosen Haitian American composer Nathalie Joachim to be composer-in-residence for the 2025-26 season. She joins a Mellon Foundation-supported pantheon that includes Missy … » Read

At 79, Susan Evans, a pub owner’s daughter from Pontypool, Wales, has lived a very full life. Surrounded by classical music as a child, she elected to pursue a career in film rather than music, earning a master’s degree at the Royal … » Read

Sia Michel [pictured], former editor-in-chief of Spin magazine, current culture editor of The New York Times , has issued a directive moving four of New York’s most influential arts voices off their respective beats to be replaced by new, … » Read

ROME (AP)--Italy's culture minister joined the widow of Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny on Tuesday in condemning an invitation for maestro Valery Gergiev to perform near Naples, warning it could serve as propaganda for the Kremlin. … » Read

On July 15 in Tokyo, the Japan Art Association announced the names of the five 2025 Praemium Imperiale laureates. One of the world's most prestigious international arts awards, the Praemium is presented annually to artists recognized for their … » Read

New York Philharmonic solo English horn virtuoso Ryan Roberts is decamping for the Los Angeles Philharmonic to be its next principal oboe, starting in September. The latter ensemble has also named a first-violin section player, Melody Ye Yuan, as … » Read

That the Los Angeles Philharmonic has been forced to cancel four August concerts by Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gustavo Dudamel has cut down significantly on the latter’s final Hollywood Bowl appearances with … » Read

British conductor Andrew Constantine will exit his post as music director of the Fort Wayne (IN) Philharmonic at the end of his current contract, in Spring of 2027. He will have been in the job 18 years and is credited with raising the civic and … » Read

AIX-EN-PROVENCE—Artistic Director Pierre Audi died on May 3 , just two weeks before rehearsals began for the current Aix en Provence Festival. On one level his work was over by that point, all executive logistics in place; on another, he … » Read