When German conductor Thomas Guggeis made his North American debut last night at the Met leading Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer , he was scarcely five years removed from his role as repetiteur of the Berlin State Opera. It was there … » Read

Jonathan Heyward, who made a smashing debut with the New York Philharmonic just one month ago, is to be the music director of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA) “summer orchestra,” a moniker not to be confused with the … » Read

Just one week out from the start of the 2023 event, the annual Ojai Music Festival has announced the music director of the 2024 iteration: Mitsuko Uchida, Musical America’s 2022 Artist of the Year. Uchida, pianist, conductor, co-artistic … » Read

In January 2021, Fiona Maddocks, the classical music critic for The Observer , committed to delivering a 90,000-word manuscript on the last 25 years of Sergei Rachmaninov’s life within 15 months. It was the start of the second year of the … » Read

Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music has hired Jonathan Bailey Holland as dean, starting in September and succeeding Toni-Marie Montgomery, who exits at summer’s end after 20 years in the job.   Holland is the current … » Read

In October, Andrés Orozco-Estrada will succeed Ernesto Schiavi as principal conductor of the RAI National Symphony Orchestra in Turin, the official ensemble of Italy’s public radio and television company RAI. His contract is for … » Read

With the arrival of Wilbur Lin as music director of the Denver Young Artists Orchestra (DYAO) comes its re-connection with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra (CSO), most pointedly with Lin serving the additional role of assistant conductor of the … » Read

Eastman School of Music has added two full-time faculty to the woodwinds, brass and percussion department for 2023-24. Andrew McCandless [pictured] , principal trumpet of the Toronto Symphony since 1999, is to be associate professor of trumpet. … » Read

Though he often sings countertenor roles, Elijah McCormack isn't a countertenor. As a transgender man whose mature singing voice never deepened, he prefers to call himself a male soprano. “I considered taking testosterone, and I chose not … » Read

Sebastian Nordmann, director of the Konzerthaus and Konzerthaus Orchestra Berlin, is to be the next executive and artistic director of the Lucerne Festival, succeeding Michael Haefliger, who last fall said he would step down after 26 years at the … » Read