Opera in the Heights (OH!), the Houston-based regional opera company, has appointed Kathryn Frady as its interim general director, with immediate effect. She succeeds Eiki Isomura, who will continue as the company’s music director. A native … » Read

The Birmingham (UK) Opera Company has named Seb Lovell-Huckle as its new general manager. He joins the company after previous service as CEO of the English Symphony Orchestra, executive director of Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, and … » Read

Graduating from the ultra-selective Curtis Institute of Music is an achievement in and of itself. But Oliver Talukder [tah-LOOK-der], 23, has become a legend even in Curtis’s hallowed halls. During the school’s annual holiday skit … » Read

The Juilliard String Quartet (JSQ) has appointed Chinese-German artist Leonard Fu, 27, as its new second violin. He succeeds Ronald Copes, who steps down after 28 years and will remain a member of the Juilliard violin faculty. Copes played his … » Read

Beginning in September of 2028, Jakub Hruša will become the Czech Philharmonic’s chief conductor and music director. Although the Czech conductor’s initial contract is for five years, both parties assume the appointment heralds … » Read

David Finckel and Wu Han will hand their joint artistic directorship of Music@Menlo to another husband-and-wife, cellist-pianist duo: Dmitri Atapine and pianist Hyeyeon Park, frequent M@M guests, will take over with the 2027 season , the … » Read

Lalo Schifrin, the composer who wrote the endlessly catchy theme for Mission: Impossible and more than 100 other arrangements for film and television, died Thursday. He was 93. Schifrin’s son Ryan confirmed that Schifrin died due to … » Read

Dame Kathryn McDowell has announced that after two decades in the post, she will step aside as managing director of the London Symphony Orchestra in July 2026. In a letter to her colleagues, she wrote, “I feel the time is right to hand over … » Read

In today’s classical world, it’s not unusual for a high-profile conductor to have significant responsibilities for more than one major musical organization. Yannick Nézet-Séguin [pictured] is simultaneously music … » Read

Ina Karr, artistic director and CEO of the Lucerne Theater, will make history when she becomes the first woman to be general director of Deutsche Oper am Rhein as of 2027-28. The news of her five-year appointment was announced by the state … » Read