Dickon Stainer has been named chairman and CEO of Universal Music UK, succeeding David Joseph, who announced last week he was stepping down after almost 17 years. Stainer has over three decades of broad experience with the domestic and … » Read

When Liza Malamut saw that Chicago’s Newberry Consort was seeking a new artistic director, she was reluctant to apply. The trombonist was relatively new to arts leadership, having just recently co-founded the sackbut-and-viol ensemble … » Read

Six weeks after his appointment as music director of the Sarasota Orchestra , Giancarlo Guerrero has been announced as the new artistic director and principal conductor of Chicago’s annual Grant Park Music Festival (GPMF), effective … » Read

Today marks the start of Lilli Paasikivi’s tenure as artistic director of the Bregenz Festival, held during July and August of each year since 1946. Situated in Vorarlberg, Austria, the festival features a  large floating stage located … » Read

Last fall, when David Hayes was asked to step in as a last-minute substitute for David Brossé to conduct a pair of concerts by the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, he was no stranger to the ensemble or the city. A graduate of the Curtis … » Read

Conductor Elim Chan , whose career has been on a roll since winning the London Symphony’s Donatella Flick Competition in 2014 (the first woman to do so), has switched managements, moving from Berlin-based CCM to Intermusica. Subsequent to … » Read

The San Diego Symphony’s return to the Jacobs Music Center for its gala opening concert on Sept. 28 will crown nearly four years of meticulous planning and execution. The $125 million transformation of the 95-year-old movie palace involved … » Read

After a nine-month international search, San Francisco Ballet, the oldest ballet company in the U.S., has chosen Vancouver Cultural Tourism Deputy GM Branislav Henselmann as its next executive director.  He starts in November, succeeding … » Read

Richard Dyer, an enormously influential music critic for the Boston Globe from 1976 to 2006, died on Sept. 20 at the age of 82. Once identified by composer Ned Rorem as the man who “runs Boston,” Dyer was celebrated for his musical … » Read

Chilean conductor Gonzalo Farias [pictured] has been promoted from assistant to associate conductor of the Houston Symphony, overseeing community and education concerts, as well as pops and holiday events. He previously had assistant or associate … » Read