Composer, clarinetist, conductor Jörg Widmann [pictured] is to be the new principal guest conductor of the NDR Radiophilharmonie in Hanover for three years. Also composer in residence with the Berlin Philharmonic next season, Widmann, 49, is … » Read

Chad Smith, chief executive of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, is to be the next CEO of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Ironically, he will succeed his former colleague, Gail Samuel. She took the top Boston post in June of 2021, leaving the LA Phil … » Read

Lawrence (Larry) Edelson, founding artistic and general director of the American Lyric Theater (ALT), has been announced as the new general director of the Chicago Opera Theater as of July 1. He will now run both organizations. In Chicago, … » Read

Toronto early music enterprise Tafelmusik has appointed Glenn Hodgins , current president and CEO of the Canadian Music Center, as its next executive director, as of June 21. Hodgins , who started his career over three decades ago as … » Read

Courtney Beck, executive director of the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale, is to move to the same position next week with Alonzo King LINES Ballet, also based in the Bay Area. She takes the post held since 2019 by company co-founder … » Read

Filling an illustrious pair of shoes at the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra next fall will be South Korean violinist Jinwoo Lee, current first concertmaster of the Neue Philharmonie Westfalen in Germany. Capping a four-year search, Lee succeeds … » Read

The Eastman School of Music has appointed Ran Dank to the fulltime position of associate professor of piano. A noted advocate for contemporary music, Dank has won honors at the Naumburg, the Sydney, and the Hilton Head piano competitions. This … » Read

Washington National Opera has made some staffing adjustments in artistic planning and production. Samuel Gelber has been promoted from director of artistic planning, a post he assumed in 2018 after working in the same capacity with the Los … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — Grace Bumbry, a pioneering mezzo-soprano who became the first Black singer to perform at Germany’s Bayreuth Festival during a career of more than three decades on the world’s top stages, has died. She was 86. … » Read

Matthias Pintscher is to be the next music director of the Kansas City Symphony, succeeding Michael Stern as of fall  2024. Pintscher is a composer of note; this will mark his first U.S. orchestra music directorship. German-born, New … » Read