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Detroit Symphony: 7 New Members + 6 ''Acting'' Players

October 9, 2025 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
As of the current season, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra has seven new members and six “acting” members with longterm contracts. The latter group are filling vacancies, but are not on track to become tenured players in the DSO. Their … » Read
 

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Is the Venezi Backlash Sexism?

October 9, 2025 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
The appointment of conductor Beatrice Venezi as the music director of La Fenice in Venice beginning in 2026 has prompted “a properly operatic outbreak of rage,” writes classical music critic Ivan Hewett in The Daily Telegraph . The … » Read
 

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New Music Directors: Sweden, Poland

October 9, 2025 | Anthony Brown, Musical America
Andrés Orozco-Estrada will become music director of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra beginning with the 2026-27 season. The 47-year-old Austrian-Columbian conductor has been a guest on the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra’s … » Read
 

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The Tenor Makes His Met Debut—as a Director

October 9, 2025 | Ronald Blum, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Tenor Rolando Villazón was singing the title role in Massenet’s Werther in 2006 at Nice, France, when he started thinking about how he would direct the opera. “I said, ‘oh, this last act is very … » Read
 

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Cincinnati's Principal Trombone Dies

October 8, 2025 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
Cristian Ganicenco, principal trombone and a member of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) since 1999, died on Oct. 2 after a long battle with cancer. He was 58 A native of Iasi, Romania, he studied there and in Bucharest before emigrating to … » Read
 

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Zubin Mehta Cancels Concerts Thru 2025

October 7, 2025 | Musical America
For health reasons, Zubin Mehta, Music Director Emeritus of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO), has canceled his remaining concerts with the IPO through the end of the year. Italian conductor Vincenzo Milletarì will step in for him … » Read
 

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Storied Song Contest Named for Dame Kiri

October 7, 2025 | Anthony Brown, Musical America
Since 1956 New Zealand’s Song Quest has launched the careers of some of that country’s most acclaimed artists, among them Dame Malvina Major, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Phillip Rhodes, and  Madeleine Pierard. Now one of the most iconic … » Read
 

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New Exec for Garsington Opera

October 6, 2025 | Anthony Brown, Musical America
As of Nov. 10, 2025, Ben Weston is to be the new executive director of Garsington Opera, whose annual two month festival  takes place on the Wormsly Estate in Buckinhamshire, about 40 minutes from central London. He succeeds Nicky Creed, … » Read
 

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Three Recent Contract Extensions

October 3, 2025 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) Music Director Andras Delfs has extended his contract through the end of the 2028-29 season. He has been at the artistic helm since January 2021 and is credited with “reinvigorating” the … » Read
 

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New Culture Reporter at the NY Times

October 1, 2025 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
When NY Times Culture Editor Sia Michel moved the New York Times’s top performing arts critics off their respective beats (not to mention areas of expertise) in July, she said all would be reassigned. Jesse Green, former theater critic, … » Read
 
 

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