After a two-year search, the Tallahassee (FL) Symphony Orchestra (TSO) has selected Yaniv Dinur as its new music director.. The Jerusalem-born conductor was one of the five finalists (from among 159 applicants) to succeed Darko Butorac, who … » Read

Nearly 50 years ago, a young Chung Myung-whun made his first visit to Italy and quickly fell in love with the country, its food (especially pasta), and its music. He first conducted at La Scala in 1989, and since then has led 84 opera … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — Three-time Tony Award-winner Charles Strouse, Broadway’s industrious, master melody-maker who composed the music for such classic musical theater hits as Annie, Bye Bye Birdie, and Applause , died May 15.. He was 96. … » Read

The Boston Conservatory at Berklee has named Kevin Haden as its new dean of music, effective July 1. He succeeds Michael Shinn, who was named executive director last  October 2024 and to whom Haden will now report, overseeing a faculty of … » Read

Opera Las Vegas (OLV) has named Cecilia “Ceci” Violetta López as general director and CEO effective July 1, 2025. She is the fifth general director in the history of the 27-year-old company. An Idaho native who studied music … » Read

Joel Link, first violinist of the Dover Quartet, will add the Cleveland Orchestra to his professional exploits, becoming the orchestra’s concertmaster as of July 3, 2025. He succeeds David Radzynski , who left in March 2024 (a joint … » Read

In April of 2022 Los Angeles Times music critic Mark Swed pooh-poohed any notion that Gustavo Dudamel might be a candidate to succeed Jaap van Zweden as music director of the New York Philharmonic. “Dream on,” he told New Yorkers. … » Read

Alexander Shelley , recently appointed  music director of the Pacific Symphony and music director of the Naples Philharmonic, is shedding his current role in that position with the National Arts Centre (NAC) Orchestra, over which he has … » Read

On May 17 British-German conductor Sir Simon Rattle will not have to travel very far to claim his latest honor, the 2025 Ernst von Siemens Music Prize. In a ceremony in Munich’s Herkules Hall, home to the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, … » Read

The Australian federal court has rejected the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s (MSO) effort to quash a lawsuit brought by pianist Jayson Gillham , clearing the way for a trial. Gillham filed suit in October of 2024, alleging that the … » Read