Christoph Lieben-Seutter’ s contract as general and artistic director of Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie and Laeiszhalle has been extended five years, through 2029; the extension comes two years ahead of the end of his current contract. … » Read

The Manhattan School of Music’s (MSM) Orchestral Performance (OP) graduate program is to have a new head in David Chan, longtime concertmaster of the Met Opera Orchestra and a conductor in his own right. He takes over as of July 1, … » Read

Anne-Marie McDermott is to exit as artistic director of Santa Fe Pro Musica as of July 31, after two years in the job. McDermott, an accomplished pianist who performs internationally, is also artistic director of the Bravo! Vail Festival.   … » Read

Quebec-based composer Ana Sokolovic , whose opera Svadba was filmed and then  streamed earlier this year by Opera Philadelphia, is to be the new artistic director of the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ), … » Read

The Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan is to be the new home for the Tureck Bach Research Institute. Founded in 1981 by the much-celebrated pianist and scholar, the Institute includes manuscripts of essays, books, correspondence, and … » Read

For the past 13 years, Gavriel Heine has been an important presence at St. Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theater, where as a resident conductor he has led performances of classics like Swan Lake and The Rite of Spring . As a protégé … » Read

Radu Lupu, widely regarded as one of the world´s greatest pianists, has died at the age of 76, the organizers of the George Enescu Festival in Bucharest announced. "We are deeply saddened to find out about the death of Maestro Radu Lupu, a … » Read

Conductor Michael Jinbo, longtime music director of the Monteux School and Music Festival in Hancock, ME, died yesterday after suffering a brain hemorrhage on April 17. He was only the third artistic chief of the school, founded nearly 80 years … » Read

LONDON (AP) — Harrison Birtwistle, the creator of daringly experimental modern music who was recognized as one of Britain’s greatest contemporary composers, has died at 87. Birtwistle’s publisher, Boosey & Hawkes, said he … » Read

As if relations between the San Antonio Symphony and its musicians—on strike since the beginning of the season—weren’t already sour enough, management has now fired the orchestra’s music director/emeritus of 12 years for, … » Read