Succeeding Sonja Thoms as executive director of the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra (WSO) will be Marc Zyla, a horn-performance doctoral candidate at the University of Illinois. Thoms left last June after two years in the job. Zyla starts next … » Read

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) has extended Music Director Jonathan Heyward’s contract through the 2030-31 season, which is three years beyond its current end point of 2027-28. Since his arrival in fall of 2023, he has energized … » Read

American conductor Jacob Joyce , associate conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony and music director of that organization’s Youth Symphony, has joined Intermusica for worldwide general management, with a special focus on film-in-concert … » Read

With the Tucson Symphony Orchestra (TSO) headed for its centennial, in 2028-29, the orchestra is ensuring that Music Director José Luis Gomez will be on hand to lead the festivities, extending his current contract through 2029-30. By then, … » Read

As of 2026, Holly Hyun Choe will be music director of the Orchestre national de Cannes. The Korean-born Choe grew up in Los Angeles and currently makes her home in Germany. She most recently completed a two-year stint as assistant conductor of … » Read

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) has recently taken several steps to enhance its artistic leadership and broaden its collaborative capabilities. Kazuki Yamada will remain as music director until at least the end of the … » Read

James Meena, former principal conductor and artistic director for Opera Carolina, posted a short video on Sept. 26 refuting “unsubstantiated rumors” that artists had not been paid during his tenure because he had stolen money from the … » Read

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

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

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