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

Gustavo Dudamel, just on the heels of conducting three sold-out Mahler Ninth Symphony performances at the New York Philharmonic, has resigned as music director of the Paris Opera, four years ahead of schedule. His decision takes effect in August, … » Read

After a two-year search that attracted almost 100 applicants, the Elgin (IL) Symphony Orchestra (ESO) has tapped Chad Goodman [pictured] as its fifth music director. Most recently a conducting fellow at the New World Symphony, Goodman has been … » Read

The American Pianists Association (APA) has hired Chris Williams, executive VP of Concert Artists Guild of five years, to be its next CEO. He starts in July, relocating to Indianapolis and succeeding Peter Mraz, who resigned in July 2022 ; Joanne … » Read

Anthony Blake Clark, director of choruses for the Richmond (VA) Symphony, music director of the Baltimore Choral Arts Society, and artistic director of Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in New York, is to be the next director of the … » Read

Pity is due the musicians of the Metropolitan Opera orchestra, or so Nathalie Stutzmann would have you believe. This spring the French mezzo soprano-cum-conductor is making her Met debut with two new Mozart productions— Ivo van Hove’s … » Read

Los Angeles Philharmonic has named its COO Daniel Song as interim CEO, effective immediately. The current CEO, Chad Smith, is to  take that position with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and so will now move in LA to an advisement position. As … » Read

Arabella Arts has signed American conductor Joseph Young , music director of the Berkeley Symphony, to its roster for worldwide management. Previously with William Reinert Associates, Young is artistic director of ensembles for the Peabody … » Read

Before the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Valery Gergiev was one of the busiest conductors on Planet Earth, leading as many as 300 performances a year in concert halls around the world. But the international revulsion against Russia’s … » Read

Jamal J. Rossi will step down as dean of the Eastman School of Music, of the University of Rochester, at the close of the 2023-24 academic year, when his contract expires. He has been in the job since 2014, having previously served as both … » Read