Yannick Nézet-Séguin—music director of the Metropolitan Opera, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Orchestre Métropolitain, honorary member/guest conductor of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe—has launched a … » Read

Opera director Bruno Ravella has joined Askonas Holt for international general management. Ravella’s vast international portfolio includes the Lyric Opera of Chicago, to which he returns this season for Ariadne auf Naxos; other operas on … » Read

The Berlin State Opera (aka Staatsoper Unter den Linden) has solidified its leadership team with contract extensions for both General Director Elisabeth Sobotka and General Music Director Christian Thielemann through July 31, 2034. At the new … » Read

After eight months on the job, Christy Tanner, the president and CEO of New York Public Radio, is leaving the organization. She brought to the post extensive experience in corporate and digital media, including as the executive vice president and … » Read

Martina Arroyo, who reigned as an international star soprano for over two decades, died on October 13 at her home in Manhattan. She was 90. One of the first high-profile Black opera singers, she was known for the great spinto roles in opera … » Read

Armenian soprano Marianna Hovanisyan  has joined Intermusica for worldwide general management. An alumna of Jette Parker Artists’ Program at the Royal Ballet & Opera, Covent Garden, she appears there this season as Pamina in  … » Read

Rick Canny [pictured], manager of the Burbank, California-based music management company Favor the Artist, is the new artistic director for The Kennedy Center. His predecessor came and left within two weeks in January. Canny has been a consultant … » Read

British composer Rebecca Saunders is the recipient of the Wihuri Sibelius Prize, a triennial award that is one of  classical music’s most prestigious and lucrative international honors. The 59-year-old composer, who lives in Berlin, … » Read

The Philadelphia Orchestra has added four musicians in the 2026–27 season. Violist Laura Fuller  [left] arrives after nine years as a member of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. After studying at the Cleveland Institute of Music, she … » Read

Chicago’s Grant Park Music Festival’s leadership changes continue, with Nate Bachhuber having just assumed the post of general manager. He joins Orchestral Association President and CEO Anwar Nasir, appointed last June to succeed Paul … » Read