An opinion piece in Dance magazine argues that the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) was wrong to have ordered the New York City Ballet to reinstate fired dancers Amar Ramasar and Zachary Catazaro. The two were among three men in the … » Read

ROME--Thieves have stolen 35 rare saxophones from an well-known Italian collection but missed the crown jewel: one that belonged to jazz great Sonny Rollins. Attilio Berni told AFP Tuesday that his collection of 600 saxophones, which has been … » Read

Two weeks ago, The Washington Post ran a story about Eddie Adams , 20, the principal cellist of the George Mason University Orchestra who had grown up in poverty and for whom the cello was a lifelong lifeline. Adams was so impoverished, he had to … » Read

It’s been three seasons since Frank Huang left as concertmaster of the Houston Symphony to take the same position with the New York Philharmonic. In the interim, the Texas orchestra has been trying out possible successors—a total of … » Read

Austrian conductor Katharina Wincor [pictured], 24, has been appointed assistant conductor of the Dallas Symphony, as part of the orchestra’s ongoing mission to promote women conductors and composers. She starts in September, overseeing … » Read

Rob Bailis, recent interim artistic director and associate director of Cal Performances at the University of California, Berkeley, is to be artistic and executive director of California’s Eli & Edythe Broad Stage at the Santa Monica … » Read

It appears that the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and its former chief conductor Daniele Gatti have made up, after a fashion. The orchestra fired Gatti in August 2018 after he was accused in a July 26 Washington Post article of sexual abuse. At … » Read

While it’s true that the organ at Notre Dame Cathedral, which Chief Organist Olivier Latry describes as “probably the most famous organ of the world,” survived last week’s tragic fire, repairing it will be a highly complex … » Read

The University of North Carolina (UNC) at Greensboro has named Bruce D. McClung as the dean of its College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA), as of July 14, 2019. McClung is currently an associate professor of musicology at the University of … » Read

Festival Mozaic, which on July 24 launches its 49 th season, has named Lloyd Tanner as its next executive director, starting next month. Tanner is the recent director of business development for the Los Angeles Opera. At the Festival he succeeds … » Read