Alan Gilbert has secured his niche. The NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra has renewed his contract to 2029, by which time he will have been at its artistic helm for ten years, capping a relationship that began in 2001 as a guest, continued as … » Read

At the conclusion of the May Festival’s 2023-24 season, Robert Porco will retire as director of choruses after 35 years and assume emeritus status. In response, May Festival Music Director Laureate James Conlon said, “Of the many … » Read

French conductor Samy Rachid is to succeed Anna Rakitina as one of two Boston Symphony Orchestra assistant conductors. He starts his two-year term under Music Director Andris Nelsons next fall and makes his debut conducting the BSO at Tanglewood … » Read

Oregon Ballet Theater, approaching its 35 th anniversary and including a school with an enrollment of over 300, has named choreographer Danielle (Dani) Rowe as its next artistic director, effective presently. She succeeds Peter Franc, who has … » Read

Marco Goecke, ballet director of the Hanover State Opera, was initiailly suspended, now fired, from his duties and is under investigation for his response to a negative review of his production In the Dutch Mountain . During the intermission of … » Read

The decision to leave the Los Angeles Philharmonic to become music and artistic director of the New York Philharmonic was, Gustavo Dudamel freely admits, one of the hardest choices he has ever had to make. But he knows it is one that positions … » Read

MILAN (AP)—No one was more surprised than Daniel Barenboim himself at the impromptu homecoming to Milan’s Teatro alla Scala as a last-minute sub just two weeks after he formally stepped down as the Berlin’s State Opera’s … » Read

AMG Artists has recently signed a guitarist, a conductor, and a cellist, none of whom has had previous North American management. Raphaël Feuillâtre [pictured], also looked after by AMG in Central and South American, is a 26-year-old … » Read

The motion picture Tár is silent as to whether its protagonist has conducted both the Berlin and the Vienna philharmonics, but in real life only one woman enjoys that distinction—62-year-old Australian maestro Simone Young. The chief … » Read

Theater and opera director Mary Birnbaum is to be the new general and artistic director of Opera Saratoga, whose origins date back some 60 years (it was previously known as Lake George Opera). She succeeds Larry Edelson, who announced in May that … » Read