It was a starry roster of “FoF”s (Friends of Frank’s) who gathered last week in Berlin to honor architect Frank Gehry’s 90 th birthday. The primary event was the open-to-the-public concert that filled the 680-seat Pierre … » Read

Christopher M. Powell, director of artistic initiatives for the Glimmerglass Festival, is to be executive director of the Pittsburgh Festival Opera as of March 12. PFO has a summer season of four or five operas, including, this year, … » Read

Violinist Daniel Hope will be stepping down at the close of this year’s Savannah (GA) Music Festival, March  28-April 13. He has been serving in the capacity as associate artistic director, overseeing and participating in some of its … » Read

Julia Wolfe has been winning acclaim of late for her socially savvy, large-scale works for orchestra and chorus—pieces like the hour-long Fire in My Mouth , premiered last month by the New York Philharmonic—so it’s good to be … » Read

The 20 competitors for the biennial BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, to be held in St. David’s Hall, June 15-22, were announced today, and Musical America’s New Artist of the Month, bass Patrick Guetti, is one of the two to represent … » Read

Irish conductor Peter Shannon has left the Savannah Philharmonic as artistic director and conductor. Local media reports that his resignation was “immediate” as of Feb. 27. Shannon announced last fall that he was leaving but was … » Read

Joseph Flummerfelt, early architect of the Spoleto Festival, longtime Westminster Choir Artistic Director, founder of the New York Choral Artists, died on Friday at the age of 82. The Charleston Post-Courier cites the cause as a stroke. He was … » Read

In April The Shed will become the largest new arts space to open in New York in nearly six decades. Costing more than half a billion dollars, the new performance center on Manhattan’s West Side will feature an opening program shaped … » Read

On Feb. 28 a leader in Maryland’s legislature threw a life buoy to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) in the form of a proposed $3.2 million appropriation. Maggie McIntosh [pictured], a Baltimore Democrat and chair of the House … » Read

From Anne-Sophie Mutter: André Previn has for more than 70 years illuminated this often dark world with his extraordinary gifts, his superb intelligence and wit. We were companions in music for four decades and closest and dearest … » Read