NEW YORK (AP) — Judith Jamison, an exceptional dancer and stage presence who helped bring the Alvin Ailey Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater to international attention and later served for two decades as artistic director, has died. She was … » Read

LONDON—When Jacques Offenbach died in 1880, he left a great deal of music for what would become known as his operatic magnum opus but rather fewer clues as to his final intentions. His musical executor, Ernest Guirard, set to work … » Read

The 2025 Salzburg Whitsun Festival, held from June 6 to 9, will celebrate Venice with a program that Artistic Director Cecilia Bartoli has titled “Sounds of La Serenissima.” On offer will be music spanning 500 years that was written … » Read

Australian conductor Nicholas Carter, in the U.S. this month guest conducting the Seattle and Atlanta symphonies, is to be the next general music director of the Staatsoper and Staatsorchester Stuttgart, as of August, 2026. He most recently … » Read

T he Boston Philharmonic has named Derek Beckvold as its new managing director. He succeeds Elisabeth Christensen, a 12-year veteran of the orchestra who was instrumental in creating the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (BPYO). Beckvold has … » Read

The 2025 Lucerne Festival takes place between Aug. 12 and Sept. 14, and will be the swansong for Michael Haefliger as executive and artistic director ; he is to be succeeded by Sebastian Nordmann in January 2026. The month’s programming … » Read

Valentin Radutiu will join Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music as a professor of cello beginning July 1, 2025. He succeeds Desmond Hoebig, whose tenure spanned more than three decades. Radutiu, principal cellist of the Deutsches … » Read

Bryce Dessner was once best known as a member of rock band The National. These days, however, he’s equally respected as a classical composer. His latest project is Solos , an album of unaccompanied instrumental works written for a … » Read

Finnish-French conductor Aliisa Neige Barrière has joined Maestro Arts for general management. Paris-born, Barrière studied violin at conservatory and the Mannes College of Music before moving on to conducting. She was mentored by … » Read

The global commercial real estate firm JLL has put nine downtown Philadelphia properties belonging to the defunct University of the Arts (UArts) on the market. The school filed for bankruptcy in September after its abrupt, early June announcement … » Read