NEW YORK (AP)—MacDowell, one of the oldest artist residency programs in the U.S., has tapped Chiwoniso Kaitano as its new executive director, the organization announced Friday. Kaitano joins MacDowell with a mandate to “intensify … » Read

Julianne Lee, assistant principal second violin of the Boston Symphony and principal second of the Boston Pops, is to join the Dover Quartet as its new violist, starting next fall. She succeeds founding violist Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, who … » Read

Opéra de Lausanne has appointed Claude Cortese , current artistic director at Opéra national du Rhin in Strasbourg, to be its next director as of July 1, 2024. He succeeds Eric Vigié, who will have been in the job 20 years. A … » Read

Finnish violist Lilli Maijala [pictured] , head of the viola faculty at her alma mater the Sibelius Academy, has added the Zurich University of the Arts to her CV, where she will start in fall as professor of viola. A soloist with the likes of … » Read

The Robert McDuffie Center for Strings in Mercer University’s Townsend School of Music in Macon, Georgia, is welcoming back two cellists as new members of its faculty. Next autumn, Sihao He, who received an undergraduate degree from the … » Read

The huzzahs emanating from New York over Gustavo Dudamel’s decision to leave the Los Angeles Philharmonic to become music and artistic director for the New York Philharmonic have generally been accompanied by some (often faint) expressions … » Read

In preparation for his coronation on May 6, 2023, King Charles III has personally commissioned 12 new works—six for orchestra, five for chorus, and one for organ—that showcase musical talent from throughout the U.K. and the … » Read

Alexander Brose has been selected to succeed Peter Simon as president & CEO of Canada’s Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) in August of 2024. As of next fall, he’ll serve as president designate until with Simon retires at the end … » Read

On a crowded stage at David Geffen Hall, on a day when banks, schools, and businesses were closed to honor the nation’s famous presidents, the New York Philharmonic introduced its next music and artistic director, Gustavo Dudamel. He … » Read

Latvian violinist Vineta Sareika-Völkner [pictured], a member of the Berlin Philharmonic since last May, has won the audition to be one of the orchestra’s three first concertmasters starting next season. She will be the first woman to … » Read