Bachtrack’s annual update on 2025’s concert, opera, and dance performances has identified Yannick Nézet-Séguin as the year’s busiest conductor, with 120 listed engagements, or one every third day. Also near the top … » Read

Wynton Marsalis, founder of Jazz at Lincoln Center and the driving force behind the resurgence of jazz in this country, will exit as artistic and administrative leader of JALC in July of 2027; he’ll stay on as advisor until his contract … » Read

The Kennedy Center is once again without a programming chief. Kevin Couch, onetime programming director for ATG Entertainment, was announced on January 16 as VP of programming for KC . Less than two weeks later, he resigned, despite being … » Read

The George Enescu Philharmonic (GEP) has appointed Robert Treviño as its new principal conductor beginning with the 2026/27 season for an initial four-year term. He will be working with General Director Marin Cazacu who noted, “the … » Read

Musician and administrator Tim Thomas, executive director of So Percussion, died suddenly at his home in Brooklyn on the morning of January 24. He was 59 years old. So had operated without an executive director from its founding in 2000 until … » Read

Artis—Naples, the  umbrella organization under which the Naples Philharmonic and the Baker Museum operate, has extended Alexander Shelley’s contract as artistic and music director until the end of the decade, with an option of a … » Read

Stephan Blanford has been selected as the new executive director of the Seattle-based Earshot Jazz. He succeeds John Gilbreath, who announced his retirement after 33 years in the position a year ago. Blanford arrives in his new post after five … » Read

The Royal Conservatory of Music’s Glenn Gould School of Music will move its associate dean and head of chamber music Barry Schiffman to the position of dean, effective in July. He will serve as designate in the interim. He succeeds James … » Read

Diane Wittry will step down as music director of the Allentown Symphony Association (ASA) as of May 2028, closing what will have been a 33-year tenure, remarkable not just for its duration but for its artistic growth and community impact. Her … » Read

The National Symphony Orchestra, financially stuck solid at Kennedy Center barring a multi-million-dollar miracle, has lost a key headliner in Renée Fleming, who has pulled out of her May NSO appearances in a program titled … » Read