The Los Angeles Philharmonic has announced the appointment of four new musicians as it begins the season. Marc Lachat is the new principal oboe, succeeding Ramon Ortega Quero, who left not long after he joined the orchestra in 2018. Lachat … » Read

The Ulster Orchestra has appointed Auveen Sands as its first female chief executive. She will assume the position, which has been held by Richard Wigley for more than six years, in October. Sands joined the orchestra as head of finance and … » Read

Carl St.Clair has announced his intention to step down as music director of California’s Pacific Symphony. The current plan is for him to make the move at the end of the 2023-24 season, marking the end of what will have been 34-year tenure. … » Read

Composer/clarinetist Derek Bermel is to step down as artistic director of the American Composers Orchestra (ACO) at the end of 2022, capping ten years in the position, plus a previous four as creative advisor. As his composer career continues to … » Read

New appointments at the Naples Philharmonic represent an influx of new talent on the eve of the upcoming 2022-23 season. The orchestra's size remains at about 60 players. Alvin Ho has been named assistant conductor, having been for two … » Read

With the start of its season on Sept. 22, the leadership transition at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) is complete. Nathalie Stutzmann is the new music director, replacing Robert Spano, who held the position for two decades. Joining her as … » Read

Pianist William Ransom is to succeed Christopher Rex as artistic director of the Amelia Island (GA) Chamber Music Festival. Rex, who founded the event in 2001, died last March, having retired from the Atlanta Symphony in 2018 after 39 years as … » Read

Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici, full-time concertmaster of the Munich Philharmonic for over 30 years, has left his position. In what the German Ministry of Culture describes as an amicable separation, he stepped down from the role at the end of … » Read

On the night of March 10, Sergiy Ivanchuk, an aspiring Ukrainian opera singer, was helping fellow civilians flee the Russian assault on Kharkiv when he was shot five times. That he survived was a miracle; one of the four fleeing passengers in his … » Read

One of the people most important to the success of John Adams’s new opera Antony and Cleopatra is invisible to the audience. Before the curtain rises on every performance, Matthew Piatt climbs up a metal ladder under the stage of San … » Read