The Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras have announced that Peter Whelan [pictured] and Dinis Sousa will be conducting  upcoming programs, stepping in for Sir John Eliot Gardiner, who stepped aside from his podium duties last August after … » Read

Anna Handler is to be an assistant conductor for the BSO as of September 2024, when she will join Samy Rachid, appointed in 2023; the two assistants serve two-year terms. Handler succeeds Earl Lee, whose tenure will conclude at the end of the … » Read

By today’s standards a 50-year relationship between an orchestra and a  conductor—25 of them as music director—is “an extraordinarily rare one.” One has to hark back to such podium legends as Serge Koussevitzky … » Read

Henry Timms, whose leadership as president of Lincoln Center has been controversial among the classical music community, is leaving the position after five years. He is credited with diversifying the staff, which underwent a huge turnover on his … » Read

Simon Rattle is to be the new principal guest conductor of the Czech Philharmonic, taking the title of “Rafael Kubelik Chair” as of 2024-25 for a five-year term. He and his wife, mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená, served as the … » Read

The San Antonio Philharmonic, which emerged out of the ashes of the long-beleaguered San Antonio Symphony and offered its first full season in 2022-23, has named Jeffrey Kahane to be its music director as of 2024-25 for three seasons. Kahane has … » Read

Robert Spano appears to be the go-to conductor of the day. Just on the heels of being named principal conductor of the Rhode Island Philharmonic last month, with immediate effect, he is to take on the music directorship of the Washington National … » Read

Toronto's Luminato Festival has gone “Down Under” to find its next artistic director. Olivia Ansell , an accomplished arts leader, director, and performance artist who is current director of the Sydney Festival, will succeed Naomi … » Read

Orchestras in Berlin, Copenhagen, and Busan, Korea, are all undergoing major changes. Sergey Smbatyan made his debut as the new guest conductor of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra on Feb. 5. He is currently also the artistic director and principal … » Read

Alondra de la Parra has been chosen as artistic director and head of the Orchestra and Choir of the Community of Madrid, beginning in the 2024-25 season and extending for a four-year term. The 43-year-old Mexican succeeds Marzena Diakun, in the … » Read