Longtime Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) Pops Principal Conductor Jeff Tyzik is to be succeeded by Enrico Lopez-Yañez [pictured] as of the 2024-25 season. The new man, age 34, appears to be everywhere, having just been named principal … » Read

The BBC has appointed new directors of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and the BBC Philharmonic, part of a continuing reorganization at the helm of the broadcaster’s orchestras. The new lineup sees the promotion of Bill Chandler from … » Read

The lasting impact of Michael Tilson Thomas on the city of San Francisco will be publicly displayed with the designation of “MTT Way” to one of the four streets surrounding Davies Symphony Hall-- the block of Grove Street between … » Read

The reasons for the abrupt departure of Erica Muhl from the presidency of Berklee College of Music last summer, after barely two years in the post, remains a mystery for most of those affiliated with the Boston school. In cryptic remarks at an … » Read

Alessandra Ferri will become the new director of the Vienna State Ballet in September of 2025, succeeding Martin Schläpfer, in the position since the 2020/21 season. A Milanese native, the 60-year-old Ferri was principal dancer at the Royal … » Read

Lidiya Yankovskaya will exit as music director of the Chicago Opera Theater. Her last engagement will be in December, conducting Shostakovich’s The Nose in a new staging by Francesca Zambello. She leaves at the conclusion of her contract, … » Read

ISTANBUL (AFP)—Turkish composer and pianist Fazil Say has said his concerts planned this week in Switzerland were cancelled by organizers over his social media posts criticizing Israeli policies in Gaza. Say was due to perform with the City … » Read

Pacific Opera Victoria has made two major appointments: a new artistic director and a new principal conductor. Filling the former post is Brenna Corner, a free-lance opera director currently based in Atlanta; she succeeds Founding Artistic … » Read

The Los Angeles Philharmonic recently announced the appointment of two new members. David Cooper [pictured] joins as associate principal horn from the Chicago Symphony, where he has been principal horn for the past four years. Prior postings … » Read

Maxime Pascal [pictured], founding music director of the Paris-based multi-media music group Le Balcon, is to be the chief conductor of Sweden’s Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, one of the country’s oldest, its origins dating to 1912. … » Read