As of the fall of 2024, the New England Conservatory will welcome three new faculty members. Violist Wenting Kang , an alumna of NEC, joins a department that includes Nicholas Cords, Kim Kashkashian, Mai Motobuchi, Melissa Reardon, and Marcus … » Read

Bowing to intense public pressure, the organizers of the Wiener Festwochen (Vienna Festival) have cancelled the appearance of Teodor Currentzis, who had been scheduled to conduct the SWR Symphony Orchestra of Germany in a performance of Benjamin … » Read

Enroute to finding a successor to Music Director Donato Cabrera, the Las Vegas Philharmonic has called on Leonard Slatkin to serve as artistic consultant, effective next season, the contents of which are to be announced presently. He next leads … » Read

With great fanfare , Opera Columbus (annual budget $1.5 million) “proudly unveils a historic moment in its rich artistic journey” by appointing Everett McCorvey as its first principal guest conductor, effective this month. He’ll … » Read

Daniela Nardi, a recorded solo vocalist whose career has encompassed marketing, producing, fundraising, and administrative leadership, is to be the new executive director of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, founded in 1894 and one of the most … » Read

Changes under the new regime at Music Academy (of the West) continue. Shauna Quill was appointed president and CEO last August, succeeding Scott Reed, and she is to bring in Nate Bachhuber as chief artistic officer as of February 26. Bachhuber … » Read

Tianjin Juilliard and the McDuffie Center for Strings have announced the appointment of cellist Sihao He [pictured] to the faculty of the former, where the Shanghai Quartet is in residence. He, currently a teacher at the McDuffie Center in Macon, … » Read

Yesterday, the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, in partnership with the National Civil Rights Museum, offered the world premiere of the Harriet Tubman Oratorio by Earnestine Rodgers Robinson [pictured]. Robinson’s works have been performed in … » Read

TOKYO—Acclaimed Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa, the longest serving music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (1973-2002), subsequently emeritus, died on February 6 at his home in Tokyo, according to the BSO. He was 88 and suffered … » Read

The Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras have announced that Peter Whelan [pictured] and Dinis Sousa will be conducting  upcoming programs, stepping in for Sir John Eliot Gardiner, who stepped aside from his podium duties last August after … » Read