Speight Jenkins, the onetime music journalist who served as general director of Seattle Opera from 1983-2014, died on May 30 at the age of 89. He leaves a tremendous legacy, including many of today’s top opera directors and artists, whom he … » Read

Lisa Nandy, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport in the U.K.’s Labor government, has named Dawn Airey [pictured] as chair of Arts Council England (ACE) for a term of four years starting on Aug. 1, 2026. She succeeds Sir Nicholas … » Read

At 81, Jasper Parrott, artists’ agent extraordinaire, is showing no signs of slowing down. A veteran of the business of concert artist management for more than 60 years, he tells The Telegraph’s Ivan Hewett that he sees trouble ahead. … » Read

American conductor and harpsichordist Jeannette Sorrell , founding artistic director of Apollo’s Fire and expert interpreter of the Baroque and Classical repertoire, has signed with Intermusica for general management. Additional to her own … » Read

Sometimes the unlikeliest of heroes emerge just in the nick of time. Such was the case at La La Land in Concert in Sydney on May 30. The touring production, which synchs a live performance of the score with the film, faced a crisis when the … » Read

Evan Rogister is to be the next general music director of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein as of August 2027. The German-American conductor, 46, has signed a five-year contract and succeeds Christoph Meyer, who took early retirement in 2024 for health … » Read

Pivotal leadership change at the Grant Park Music Festival (GPMF) is now complete, with the appointment of Anwar Nasir as president and CEO next fall. He will arrive as Giancarlo Guerrero completes his second season as artistic director and … » Read

Song Hee Lee’s singing, at March’s Met Opera Laffont Competition finals, was brilliant. Small wonder the 28-year-old Seoul-born soprano was  named a winner after her tour de force renderings of "Tornami a vagheggiar" from … » Read

Aston Magna—which lays claim to being the country’s oldest annual summer festival devoted to performing on period instru­ments—has announced that cellist Jacques Lee Wood is its new executive director. He starts June 1, … » Read

Kevin Robert Orr, concert pianist and dean of the School of Music at the University of Florida since 2015, will become dean of the UF College of Arts as of July 1. In his new role he will oversee the School of Art and Art History, School of … » Read