Music publisher Boosey & Hawkes has announced a major leadership transition. In June 2026, Janis Susskind OBE will conclude her 13-year tenure as managing director after 46 years with the company. Senior VP Steven Lankenau, with B&H for … » Read

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) has extended Nathalie Stutzmann’s term as music director through 2028-2029. The current season is her fourth in the role. Among other changes needing to be made, she has hired 17 new musicians, thereby … » Read

Native New Yorker James Gaffigan, 47, is to be the next music director of the Houston Grand Opera. Patrick Summers, artistic and music director since 1968, announced last year at this time that he would be stepping down at the end of the current … » Read

Music publisher Boosey & Hawkes has announced a major leadership transition. In June 2026, Janis Susskind OBE will conclude her 13-year tenure as managing director after 46 years with the company. Senior VP Steven Lankenau, with B&H for … » Read

The San Francisco Symphony has hired a new principal horn, filling a key vacancy that has been open since Robert Ward retired in December 2023 after 43 years. The new man is Diego Incertis Sánchez, 28, current principal with the London … » Read

Beginning in September 2026, Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla will become the principal guest conductor of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France for a three-year term, joining Jaap van Zweden as he becomes music director. She will develop original … » Read

The National Youth Orchestra (UK) has appointed Alpesh Chauhan OBE as principal conductor and musical adviser. His remit is to work with Chief Executive and Artistic Director Sarah Alexander in shaping artistic direction and promoting NYO's … » Read

Pianist/conductor Rei Hotoda is to be the next music director of the Las Vegas Philharmonic, succeeding Donato Cabrera, in the job for ten years. Hotoda, music director of the Fresno (CA) Philharmonic since 2017, takes over in Nevada next July. … » Read

Opera America, the national trade organization for companies specializing in the art form, has named a successor to Marc Scorca, who announced his intention to step down as CEO one year ago. He is Michael J. Bobbitt, executive director of Mass … » Read

Pianist Wu Han took a fall last week and broke her wrist while on tour in Houston with cellist David Finckel, her husband. Fortunately, the break does not require surgery but it does require rest; on the advice of her physicians, she will be … » Read