Violinist Helene Pohl and cellist Rolf Gjelsten have resigned with immediate effect from the New Zealand String Quartet, a foursome with which they have been associated for 30 years. Pohl and Gjelsten, who are married, have also taught at the Te … » Read

The Cathedral Choral Society (CCS) has appointed an interim executive director to succeed Christopher Eanes, who is on his way out to take over as president and CEO of Chorus America, a trade organization representing the country’s … » Read

Martin Chalifour has announced his retirement as principal concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the end of the current season. He will have been in the job for three decades, arriving in 1995 when Esa-Pekka Salonen was on the podium. … » Read

HELSINKI (AP)—Prolific Finnish conductor and composer Leif Segerstam, one of the most colorful personalities in the Nordic country’s classical music scene, will be remembered in a tribute event at the Finnish National Opera following … » Read

Laura Gardiner , director Nicola Beneditti Foundation, named for and founded by the famed Scottish violinist in 2019, is to exit the operation in November and return to teaching. “Laura began this organization alongside me, and has been … » Read

When Eun Sun Kim took over the reins as music director of the San Francisco Opera in August 2021, the company was just beginning to emerge from the dark days of the pandemic. The skill and determination with which she met the many challenges of … » Read

After 36 years, Jay Fishman plans to retire this month as artistic director and conductor of the Minnesota Sinfonia. His departure will also mark the end of the ensemble itself. The annual budget ranges between $400,000 and $700,000, an amount … » Read

Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, who turns 80 in December, continues to confound medical experts who told him he had 12 to 18 months to live when he was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, three years ago. Within the … » Read

Pulitzer Prize-winning librettist Royce Vavrek is the new artistic director for the Toronto-based Against the Grain Theater (AtG). He succeeds Joel Ivany, the founder of the Toronto-based opera company who left in the summer of 2023 to head up … » Read

Sir John Eliot Gardiner, the disgraced former artistic director of the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras, has elected not to go quietly into the night. Following his physical assault on a singer in August of 2023 , Gardiner took a year away from … » Read