For those interested in keeping track of executive salaries in the orchestra business, Drew McManus has launched his annual compensation reports. The current list pertains to 2016-17, during which Deborah Borda was still CEO of the Los Angeles … » Read

Alexander Pereira will not be La Scala's superintendent from February 2020. News came from Beppe Sala, Milan mayor and La Scala President, at this morning's board meeting. Italian dailies reacted immediately, declaring now Dominique Meyer will be … » Read

Todd Tarantino has stepped down as executive and artistic director of MATA, an incubator for and presenter of early career composers founded in 1996 by Philip Glass, Eleonor Sandresky, and Lisa Bielawa. Tarantino, in the job for seven years, has … » Read

The National Arts Centre (NAC)’s summer Young Artists Program, currently underway through June 22 with some 70 senior and precollege instrumentalists and singers, is to be discontinued following this one's conclusion. Founded in 1999 by … » Read

Government funding for culture has long been far greater in Europe than in the U.S. But the economic downturn of 2008 led many Western European nations to make sharp reductions for the arts—austerity cuts that in many instances have yet to … » Read

The Siemens Opera Contest has been won by 21-year-old Russian soprano Liubov Medvedeva; she competed over the weekend against ten other singers at the Opéra Garnier in Paris. She takes home 10,000 euros Judges for the event were Jean-Yves … » Read

Citing financial issues, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra trustees have “approved a lockout of the organization’s musicians” as of today. “Due to the Baltimore Symphony’s urgent need to address longstanding financial … » Read

LOS ANGELES — A generation has already passed since Meredith Monk first charted an unprecedented operatic world in Atlas. Yet her ambitious stage work, which premiered at Houston Grand Opera in 1991, retains an aura of singularity — … » Read

CHICAGO—On paper, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s subscription program conducted over the weekend by Music Director Riccardo Muti seemed to be a hodgepodge. There were two piccolo concertos, one by Vivaldi, the other composed three … » Read

Hedge fund billionaire John Paulson, who purchased Steinway Musical Instruments in 2013 for $512 million, is looking to sell half of the company’s lot in Queens to “a group that includes Robert De Niro for $73 million,” … » Read