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Antwerp Taps Next Music Director

German conductor Marc Albrecht is to be the next chief conductor of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra starting in September 2026. He succeeds Elim Chan, in the job from 2019 to 2024. Albrecht, 61, takes the title designate in the meantime and next … »
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New Winds in Academia

Demarre McGill, principal flute of the Seattle Symphony, is to join the Colburn Conservatory and Music Academy next season for two years as professor of flute. He will be succeeding Jim Walker who retires at the end of the current semester after … »
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Miami City Ballet Artistic Director to Exit

Lourdes Lopez is to exit the Miami City Ballet as artistic director at the conclusion of the current season, two years before the end of her contract. The former New York City Ballet star will have been with MCB for 13 years. She is credited with … »
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Deborah Rutter Is Out as KenCen Prez

Deborah Rutter has been removed as the president of the Kennedy Center after a distinguished decade running one of the world's largest and most diverse arts centers. Last month she announced she would be stepping down but staying on through the … »
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Renée Fleming Quits as Advisor to KenCen
Given the dismantling of Kennedy Center leadership and the influx of a new politically motivated power base, Renée Fleming has resigned as artistic advisor of the Center. In a statement on Facebook, she writes, "It has been a privilege to … »
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Court Throws Out Daniels' Lawsuit vs. UMich
DETROIT (AP) — A judge dismissed a lawsuit Monday by an acclaimed opera singer who sued the University of Michigan over his firing for what the school deemed sexual misconduct . David Daniels waited too long to sue the university, … »
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Welser-Möst Returns Early; Alan Gilbert Steps Aside

Music Director Franz Welser-Möst, absent from the Cleveland Orchestra’s podium for most of the fall season, is returning sooner than anticipated. He will conduct a program featuring Dmitri Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No., with … »
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Three Chamber Groups in Transition

The Twiolins , the German violin duo that for 15 years comprised siblings Marie-Luise and Christoph Dingler, has announced that Belarusian violinist Marta Danilkovich [right] will succeed Christoph, who is stepping aside to reduce his travel and … »
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Concertmasters, Coming & Going

Tjeerd Top is the new concertmaster of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, having previously served as associate concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra since 2005. He made his debut with his new band in the job last month, with the … »
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Recent Artist Management Signings

Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen has joined the roster at Intermusica for European management; Étude Artists provides general management for the American countertenor. Highly acclaimed for his work on both recital and opera stages, he last … »
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