Succeeding  Paul Helfrich as executive director of the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra is Karina Bharne, currently in that job with Symphony Tacoma in Washington. Prior to her five years in Tacoma, Bharne served as interim executive director … » Read

It is time now, submits Simon Woods, president and CEO of the League of American Orchestras, to ask, “How well orchestra boards are functioning in the 21 st century and what might need reassessment.” Writing in the League-published … » Read

Conductors Elias Peter Brown and Aleksandra Melaniuk will join the San Francisco Symphony conducting staff in the 2023–24 season as Salonen Fellows. In 2018 Esa-Pekka Salonen joined the Colburn School Conservatory of Music’s faculty, … » Read

Two New York-based arts management companies recently announced staff additions and changes. At Arabella Arts,  founded three years ago by Stefana Atlas and Samantha Scully, Guiomar Blanco arrives in the new position of head of European … » Read

The Oslo Philharmonic has selected Knut Skansen as its new managing director as of Jan.1, 2024. He succeeds Ingrid Røynesdal, who became director of the National Museum on Oct. 1. Skansen, who has a degree in literature, joins the … » Read

Finnish-British conductor Ross Jamie Collins has signed with HarrisonParrott for general worldwide management. Recently appointed conductor-in-residence for the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, he is also a Dudamel Fellow with Los Angeles Philharmonic … » Read

To some, Jakub Józef Orlinski may seem an oddity—a breakdancing opera singer. “I might be the only one," the Polish countertenor tells NPR. But, he insists, he is "not trying to change the world of opera." His introduction to … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Rubin, a longtime publishing executive with an eye for bestsellers and a passion for music and public life who helped launched the career of John Grisham, among others, and released such blockbusters as The Da Vinci … » Read

With the news that the English National Opera  will cut 19 jobs in its orchestra and put the remaining musicians on part-time contracts, resulting in a 40 percent pay cut, Martyn Brabbins, ENO music director of the past seven years, this … » Read

German violist and pedagogue Tabea Zimmermann has returned to KSG (KünstlerSekretariat am Gasteig), the Munich-based firm whose roster also includes the likes of Herbert Blomstedt, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Julia Fischer, and pianist Lang Lang. … » Read