Jean Kellogg, who joined the Merola Opera Program in 2011 as its first executive director, will officially retire as of January 1, 2024. She has agreed to serve as a consultant to the Merola’s board until a successor is found, hopefully by … » Read

There is podium news at the Gothenburg Symphony: Chief Conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali will exit his post at the end of 2024-25, having been in the job since 2017. He says he wishes to spend more time with his family in Tampere, while also … » Read

French conductor Lucie Leguay has joined Askonas Holt for worldwide management. Having won the 2023 Victoires de la Musique Classique “Révélation, Conductor” award, she is making a series of major debuts in the current … » Read

Gabriel Feltz, acting general music director of the City of Dortmund, is to move to Kiel, a coastal city in the north of Germany, to take the title of director of general music of the state capital and the Kiel Theater. Feltz, 53, studied at the … » Read

Belgian conductor Koen Kessels [pictured] is to be music director of Dutch National Ballet and artistic director/principal conductor of Dutch Ballet Orchestra as of August 2024. Kessels is the current music director of the U.K.’s Royal … » Read

In France, Opéra de Lille will welcome a new director, when Barbara Eckle arrives on July 1, 2025 to succeed Caroline Sonrier, in the position since 2003. Eckle was dramaturg at the Ruhrtriennale International Festival of Arts from 2020 to … » Read

Scottish conductor Donald Runnicles will become chief conductor of the Dresden Philharmonic as of 2025-26, serving as designate starting in fall of 2024. He succeeds Marek Janowski, principal conductor from 2001-2003 and again from 2019 until … » Read

The University of Arizona’s School of Music has announced the departure of composer Daniel Asia , who heads the composition department, at the end of the school year. He has been with UA since 1988 and is one of the university’s … » Read

San Francisco Symphony has said that its Music Director Laureate Michael Tilson Thomas will not be on the podium for two of the three programs he is scheduled to conduct--January 18–20 and February 23–25--for health reasons. The … » Read

Marlena Kleinman Malas, who taught many of the era’s best known opera singers, died on Dec. 4 at age 87. An accomplished mezzo-soprano, Malas studied at the Curtis Institute of Music and The Juilliard School before embarking on a career … » Read