Susanna Mälkki’s seven-year-tenure as chief conductor of the Helsinki Philharmonic has been so successful that it will take two conductors and a composer to fill her shoes when she leaves in summer of 2023. The Philharmonic has … » Read

L.A. Times classical music critic Mark Swed used a recent review of Theodore Braun’s documentary ¡Viva Maestro! as the occasion to debunk any notion that Gustavo Dudamel might be a candidate to succeed Jaap van Zweden as music … » Read

American soprano Renée Fleming has found a new use for her world-class breath-control: helping people suffering from long COVID. Last summer, the 63-year-old diva launched a new online initiative, “Healing Breath,” alongside … » Read

Countertenors—once rarities called upon for the occasional Baroque opera—suddenly seem to be everywhere. Polish virtuoso Jakub Józef Orlinski, who recently offered a well-received recital at Berkeley, sang a major role in the … » Read

Bernard Jacobson, a classical music critic and writer for more than six decades, died on Feb. 14, 2022, in Philadelphia. He was 85. Born in London in 1936 and educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, he began his career in the Netherlands, … » Read

John Thiessen is to be the executive director of New York’s Gotham Early Music Scene (GEMS) starting in September. The former orchestra manager for Trinity Baroque, he will succeed Gene Murrow, founding executive director of GEMS. Murrow … » Read

The Anchorage Symphony Orchestra, which performs about a half-dozen classical concerts per season, has suspended its search for a music director to succeed Randall Craig Fleischer, who died suddenly in August 2020 after 21 years in the post. He … » Read

The Vienna Konzerthaus cancelled a Ukraine benefit concert planned for tonight. The primary reason was the performers, Greek-Russian star conductor Teodor Currentzis and his musicAeterna orchestra, and their primary sponsor, Russian VTN Bank. The … » Read

Portuguese conductor Nuno Coelho , onetime LA Philharmonic Dudamel Fellow, is to be the new chief conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias in Oviedo, Spain. The current guest conductor of the Orquestra Gulbenkian, … » Read

George E. Lewis, a professor of music at Columbia University and an outspoken advocate for the inclusion of Black artists in experimental music, is to be the new artistic director of the International Contemporary Ensemble. The ensemble’s … » Read