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Ojai Names Its 2025 Music Director
In keeping with its trend-setting model of appointing a new music director every season, the Ojai Music Festival will follow Mitsuko Uchida’s upcoming June 6-9 2024 tenure with one of a completely different—one could even say … »
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Yes: Art Can and Should Be Political
When climate protesters interrupted a performance by the Bavarian State Orchestra at the Lucerne Festival last September, conductor Vladimir Jurowski did something that, while unexpected, was fully in keeping with his belief that music ought not … »
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Orchestra Additions: Philly, Chicago, Cleveland, Seattle
Charlie Rosmarin has joined the Philadelphia Orchestra as associate principal percussion. With four years at the New World Symphony, Rosmarin has performed with the major orchestras of Boston, Houston, Atlanta, San Francisco, and New York, among … »
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Oakland Symphony Names Music Director
Kedrick Armstrong is to succeed the late Michael Morgan as music director of the Oakland Symphony, effective immediately. Armstrong, who last led the orchestra in February in the premiere of Carlos Simon’s Here I Stand , is the 29-year-old … »
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BSO Principal Flute to Exit at Season's End
Why does “one of the finest flutists in the country, if not the world” decide to step aside from her dream job as principal flute with the Boston Symphony Orchestra before her 50th birthday? It’s not because she was pushed out, … »
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New CEO for Britten Pears Arts
Andrew Comben will assume the position of chief executive officer at Britten Pears Arts in September 2024. He succeeds Roger Wright, who has been in the position for ten years and announced his decision to step down in July 2023, on the eve of … »
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Salzburg Renews Artistic Director for 5 More Years
Markus Hinterhäuser has been given a third five-year term as artistic director of the Salzburg Festiva l , extending his tenure in one of Europe’s most influential cultural roles to the longest since Herbert von Karajan’s reign … »
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Pacific Symphony Launches 1st Music Director Search in 35 Years
The Pacific Symphony, the largest U.S. orchestra founded in the last 50 years, is beginning to search for only the second music director in its 45-year history. Carl St.Clair, in the position for 35 years, is expected to step aside at the … »
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New Strings in Academia
NEA Jazz master violinist Regina Carter [pictured] has joined the faculty of UCLA’s Herb Albert School of Music. As of next fall, she’ll teach jazz performance and history and urban musical culture; she’ll also work with … »
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Metropolitan Opera Appoints Its Next Chorus Director
Tilman Michael, chorus master of the Frankfurt Opera for the past ten seasons, will succeed Donald Palumbo as chorus director of the Metropolitan Opera, effective with the 2024-25 season and arriving next summer to prepare. Palumbo, 75, announced … »
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