Keith Cerny, president and CEO of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra (FWSO), will leave his position in January for an arts leadership post outside Texas. Before arriving at the FWSO in January of 2019, he had an eight-month tenure as CEO of the … » Read

The Frankfurt Opera has extended the contracts of Artistic Director Bernd Loebe and General Music Director Thomas Guggeis until August 2032. Ina Hartwig, the German city’s head of cultural affairs, praised Loebe for shaping “the … » Read

As announced in July 2025 , Music@Menlo, coming up on its 25 th -anniversary season in summer 2027, has new artistic directors in cellist Dmitri Atapine and pianist Hyeyeon Park, the couple that succeeds founders David … » Read

The Los Angeles Philharmonic has named acclaimed composer and conductor Joe Hisaishi composer-in-residence for a five-year term beginning in the 2027-28 season and extending through 2031-32. Hisaishi will lead performances at the Hollywood Bowl, … » Read

Just on the heels of cancelled early-season performances due to necessary repair work on the Düsseldorf Opera, Alexandra Stampler-Brown, its managing director as well as that of Deutsche Oper am Rhein, has announced her exit next summer when … » Read

Judith Blegen, a lyric soprano who over 21 years sang more than 200 performances at The Metropolitan Opera, died on Oct. 23 at age 85. She debuted as Papagena in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte , and would go on to sing 20 different roles. … » Read

When Abraham Lincoln’s 11-year old son Willie died in 1862, his parents initially interred him in the Oak Hill Cemetery. The Georgetown graveyard is the setting for Lincoln in the Bardo , George Saunders’s 2017 novel and the opera of … » Read

Sir Bryn Terfel’s upcoming tour of Australia offers the internationally celebrated bass-baritone an opportunity to not only concertize but also share the fruits of his decades-long experience ina series of masterclasses with young artists … » Read

Cellist Nicholas Canellakis [pictured] has joined the New England Conservatory (NEC) faculty. An internationally celebrated soloist and chamber musician, Canellakis is also a composer/arranger, pedagogue, and digital content creator. His comedic … » Read

As one conductor steeped in the legend of El Sistema leaves Los Angeles, another arrives. Domingo Hindoyan, friends with Gustavo Dudamel since they were boys in Caracas, began his tenure as music director of the Los Angeles Opera last weekend … » Read