Hannover’s triennial Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition has put new leadership in place as it looks to its next competition, in 2021. Violinists Antje Weithaas [pictured] and Oliver Wille will serve as co-artistic … » Read

San Francisco based artist manager Seldy Cramer has informed her clients of her decision to cut back, delivering most of artists into the hands of colleagues while maintaining management of the Takács Quartet and Uruguay-born conductor … » Read

Toronto’s largest performance venue is about to get yet another name. At a Jan. 21 press conference Civic Theaters Toronto announced that it will be partnering with Ontario’s largest credit union to rebrand the Sony Center for the … » Read

Productions of Romeo and Juliet, Billy Budd , and Manon Lescaut , the start of a multi-year project devoted to the Mozart-Da Ponte operas, and the Bay Area premiere of The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs are among the highlights of San Francisco … » Read

Sir Simon’s dream of a new home for the London Symphony Orchestra, before he even became its music director, has by now evolved into a massive project embraced by multiple parties and in the early stages of design. The same architectural … » Read

In March, By Voice Alone , a new vocal competition, will begin utilizing blind auditions like those in U.S. orchestras and hopefully bring some diversity to the world of opera. “This is all about finding and nurturing raw talent, and giving … » Read

The counterclaim that U-Mich professor and countertenor David Daniels filed against Andrew Lipian in December appears to have had an effect. Lipian has sued the singer, alleging Daniels had assaulted him while he was a master's degree student at … » Read

Point Counterpoint II , the only vessel designed by the famed architect Louis Kahn that is still afloat, hopes to find a second life in Pahokee, FL. Built in 1976 to commemorate the U.S. Bicentennial, the boat was a touring music venue for the … » Read

BERLIN — The emperor has no clothes in this production of Puccini’s Turandot by the Lithuanian National Opera, but then again neither does any other character. Guetersloh police said Monday the costumes coming from Spain for the … » Read

Ashley Magnus, apparently a very skilled fundraiser, has been named general director of the Chicago Opera Theater, a promotion from the post of general manager of strategy and development. COT Board President Susan Irion noted that in her prior … » Read