Pity is due the musicians of the Metropolitan Opera orchestra, or so Nathalie Stutzmann would have you believe. This spring the French mezzo soprano-cum-conductor is making her Met debut with two new Mozart productions— Ivo van Hove’s … » Read

Los Angeles Philharmonic has named its COO Daniel Song as interim CEO, effective immediately. The current CEO, Chad Smith, is to  take that position with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and so will now move in LA to an advisement position. As … » Read

Arabella Arts has signed American conductor Joseph Young , music director of the Berkeley Symphony, to its roster for worldwide management. Previously with William Reinert Associates, Young is artistic director of ensembles for the Peabody … » Read

Before the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Valery Gergiev was one of the busiest conductors on Planet Earth, leading as many as 300 performances a year in concert halls around the world. But the international revulsion against Russia’s … » Read

Jamal J. Rossi will step down as dean of the Eastman School of Music, of the University of Rochester, at the close of the 2023-24 academic year, when his contract expires. He has been in the job since 2014, having previously served as both … » Read

He is an inspirational model of courage and perseverance. Since announcing that he was facing a “stealthy adversary” in glioblastoma multiforme, a type of aggressive brain cancer, nearly two years ago, Michael Tilson Thomas has … » Read

Violinist Lisa Batiashvili is to be the Berlin Philharmonic’s artist-in-residence as of 2023-24. In an interview with the orchestra , she calls the new appointment “a dream come true,” saying she is eager for solo as well as … » Read

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra, which recently received $25 million as a challenge grant toward a $100 million endowment boost, has added a new position to its conducting staff: Principal Conductor, Dallas Symphony Presents. First to fill it, as … » Read

The Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, a broad musical education program that has impacted thousands of students across Southern California since its 1986 founding, has named Fred Meads to be its new associate artistic director. Meads, music … » Read

It’s about time. Joseph Conyers, longtime bass of the Philadelphia Orchestra, among about a dozen other hats, has been promoted to principal after some 13 years in the Nos. 2  and 3 slots. He succeeds Harold Robinson, who was … » Read