Among his many music directorships, André Previn took the artistic helm of the Los Angeles Philharmonic from Carlo Maria Giulini in 1985. At first, it seemed a match made in heaven, given all of Previn’s Hollywood film scoring … » Read

The New York City Ballet and its training school, the School of American Ballet, have announced new leadership and a new management structure, ending months of speculation as to who would succeed former Artistic Director Peter Martins, who … » Read

Was it deliberate provocation or a tongue-in-cheek prank? There is little agreement about why the St. Petersburg Concert Choir elected to celebrate Defender of the Fatherland Day on Feb. 23 with a performance of a song about the total nuclear … » Read

The announcement on Feb. 26 that the XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition has been scheduled for this June dispelled rumors that the  event might have to be cancelled . The 61-year-old competition, launching pad for some of the … » Read

A negative review by a New York Times theater critic can be the kiss of death for a production hoping to make it to Broadway. But Be More Chill , by composer and lyricist Joe Iconis, is proving to be a hardy survivor, thanks mainly to social … » Read

In a sudden move still left unexplained, Terrence Dwyer is out as president of the Segerstrom Center for the Arts, previously the Orange County Performing Arts Center, in Costa Mesa, CA. He had been in the job since 2006. The center in a … » Read

Joan Tower, who set the stage for female composers in the U.S., is to receive the Gold Baton in June at the League of American Orchestras' annual conference in Nashville. The League identifies the award as its highest honor. Tower’s Made in … » Read

Bondo Nyembwe, executive director of Academia Cesar Chavez, has set out to prove the power of music education to change the lives of his students. Three years ago, when he arrived at this dual-language charter school located in a largely Hispanic … » Read

The financially strapped Baltimore Symphony is getting some moral support from its City Council, which on Monday passed a resolution to ask the State to restore BSO funding to “pre-recession” levels. It noted that a “growing and … » Read

The New York City Ballet is attempting to dismiss former dancer Alexander Waterbury’s lawsuit against it. Waterbury is the School of American Ballet graduate who accused her former boyfriend and City Ballet principal Chase Finlay of sharing … » Read