The symphony orchestras of Charlotte (NC) and Tokyo have each agreed to multi-year contract  extensions for their music directors. In North Carolina, Kwamé Ryan will extend his tenure with the CSO, which began with a three-year … » Read

Patrick Lange will succeed Garry Walker as music director of Opera North when the latter’s current contract concludes after nine years in August 2028. Lange, a regular guest conductor at leading opera houses including the Vienna State Opera … » Read

The acclaimed apprentice program will have new leaders at the next Santa Fe Opera season, specifically Kevin Murphy as its director and longtime chorus director Susanne Sheton as his associate. The new lineup succeeds last year’s, which saw … » Read

After a one-year medical leave, Elizabeth Askren is back as music director of the Yale Symphony Orchestra, a post she assumed last year , succeeding the retiring Willam Boughton.  In her absence, several guest and student conductors, … » Read

Jordan M. Davis is to be assistant dean of admissions at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), effective Oct. 1. He succeeds John Martin, who is retiring after 11 years with CCM. As the new assistant dean, Davis will … » Read

Allen Moon, a 25-year veteran of David Lieberman Artist Management, acquired the company as Lieberman stepped back about a year ago; he has renamed it Moon Artists Management. Glancing at the rosters, before and after, little seems to have … » Read

Jonathan Swensen has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the Olesen Music Award, a major new biennial Danish award founded by the Erik & Susanna Olesen Charitable Foundation that recognizes exceptional young classical musicians and … » Read

Herbert Blomstedt, the 99-year-old Swedish conductor, is one of five recipients of the 2026 Praemium Imperiale in recognition of their lifetime achievements in painting, sculpture, architecture, music, and theater/film. The award carries an … » Read

Montreal-based conductor Jean-Sébastien Vallée is the new director of choruses and conductor of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus (TFC) for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, with immediate effect. He succeeds James Burton, who took over … » Read

Over a few tortured weeks in February and March of 2022 the Metropolitan Opera and its reigning prima donna, Russian soprano Anna Netrebko, engaged in a war of words that ended with the severing of a relationship that had benefited both parties … » Read