The Munich Philharmonic has announced 34-year-old Israeli conductor Lahav Shani as it next music director. Shani will succeed Valery Gergiev,  fired for his support of Vladimir Putin, and in the process assume a position previously held by … » Read

Older man. Younger man. A dimly lit hotel room. Cheap beer. A financial transaction. Such was the visual image that Irish composer Emma O’Halloran built to frame the soundworld of her breakthrough opera,  Trade , right down to the buzz … » Read

Lee Elman, who cofounded the Aston Magna Foundation and Festival 50 years ago with the late harpsichordist Albert Fuller, died on November 27, 2022, at Mount Sinai Hospital, of complications from heart surgery. He was 86. Aston Magna, the … » Read

On the heels of Steven Sloane's brief tenu re, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra has announced violinist and conductor Julian Rachlin as its next music director, effective in October 2023, at the launch of its 85th-anniversary season. Dubbed … » Read

Just days before it unveils the upcoming Tanglewood Festival season, the Boston Symphony Orchestra has named Ed Gazouleas as interim director of the Tanglewood Music Center. The announcement was made by BSO interim CEO Jeffrey Dunn. The two … » Read

The Marseille Opera House and Philharmonic have named Italian conductor Michele Spotti, 29, to be the next music director, starting in 2023-24. He will succeed American conductor Lawrence Foster, 81. The announcement was made yesterday by … » Read

Some injustices linger far longer than others. In the case of timpanist Elayne Jones, who  died this past December at 94, it was almost fifty years earlier when her case for tenure with the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) was denied despite … » Read

The Cincinnati Symphony has announced a total of 11 new musicians, plus a new principal librarian and previously announced assistant conductors Samuel Lee and Daniel Wiley . Like everything else in the world, the pandemic wreaked havoc with … » Read

Although Charles Edwards [pictured] has been designing operas for major companies throughout the U.K., Europe, and the U.S. for decades, he has yet to tackle Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde , a work that first captured his imagination when he … » Read

David Crosby , the brash rock musician who evolved from a baby-faced harmony singer with the Byrds to a mustachioed hippie superstar and an ongoing troubadour in Crosby, Stills, Nash & (sometimes) Young, has died at 81, several media outlets … » Read