Hilary Hahn, who recently returned to the concert hall in robust health, was to have performed with cellist Seth Parker Woods the premiere of Carlos Simon’s Double Concerto Suite with the National Symphony Orchestra March 12-14 at Kennedy … » Read

Jaime Martín will conclude his tenure as the ensemble’s sixth music director at the conclusion of the 2026-27 season. He started as music director designate in 2018; as of 2027-28 he will take the title of music director laureate. … » Read

Oklhoma City University(OCU) has selected Julia Montag as the next dean of the Wanda L. Bass School of Music and the School of Theatre. She takes over leadership duties from W. Jerome Stevenson, who has been serving in an interim capacity since … » Read

German conductor Helmuth Rilling, who for more than six decades was one of the 20 th and early 21 st century’s most compelling interpreters of Johann Sebastian Bach’s sacred music, died on Feb. 11 at age 92 in his native Germany. Born … » Read

Next fall, the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University in Macon, GA, will welcome a new artistic director and two new faculty members. Violist Emily Brandenburg will succeed her former teacher, Amy Schwartz Moretti, in the top … » Read

André de Ridder does not formally  become music director of English National Opera until 2027, but the 54-year-old Berliner is already at work as the company grapples with its bifurcated existence in London and Manchester. The post … » Read

Violinist Augustin Hadelich has been named artistic partner of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, effective in 2027, the start of the MCO’s 30 th anniversary season. He is to be involved in a “multi-year project” set to be disclosed … » Read

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) and Music Director Jader Bignamini have appointed four new players, including principal second violin Jiamin Wang  [pictured] who has been playing in the first section since 2013. She graduated from … » Read

The Boston Symphony Orchestra has appointed two new assistant conductors, adding to a roster whose alumni include Michael Tilson Thomas, Robert Spano, Thomas Dausgaard, and more of same since Seiji Ozawa established the program in 1986. Each of … » Read

Alan D. Valentine will retire in July as CEO of the Nashville Symphony after a transformative, near-30-year tenure. His impending exit has prompted the orchestra to entice Leonard Slatkin to move from music advisor to music director, effective … » Read