The Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) has renewed the contract of Stilian Kirov [pictured], music director since 2017-18, through the 2026-27 season. Kirov is also at the artistic helm of the Bakersfield (CA) Symphony Orchestra. On his … » Read

Jazz trumpeter and pedagogue Ingrid Jensen   has been named dean of the Manhattan School of Music’s (MSM) Jazz Arts division, a position she moves into with immediate effect. Jensen has been serving as interim dean of the program since … » Read

Gail Samuel arrived as the first female president/CEO of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in February 2021, after 28 years at the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Her arrival coincided with the post-pandemic challenges of wooing audiences back to the … » Read

Concert Artists Guild (CAG), whose roster is comprised of young artists chosen through annual auditions, has announced five who, having successfully moved through CAG’s early-career management programs, have signed with commercial firms. … » Read

The legendary mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne is remembered for much more than her singing. Her sense of humor and her plain speaking have long been admired as well and are apparently still very much intact. Now retired and living in Santa Barbara, … » Read

Seth Abramson , a jazz guitarist/band leader turned label executive turned presenter/producer, is to be the first director of the Gilmore International Piano Festival’s jazz awards, established in February with an $8 million grant from … » Read

Veronika Arkhangel, former associate director of artistic planning for the Metropolitan Opera and, before that, with CAMI, has signed tenor Yusif Eyvazov to her new firm, Arcadia Artists. Eyvazov, who frequently performs with his wife, Anna … » Read

Canadian conductor Tania Miller, longtime music director of Canada's Victoria Symphony, now emerita, is to serve as interim principal conductor of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School. She takes the job at the invitation of … » Read

Teodor Currentzis, whose longtime ensemble MusicAeterna has come under heavy criticism for its links to a state-owned Russian bank, has announced the formation of a new international ensemble called Utopia. It is to be financed by Kunst und … » Read

Sheldon Artists has signed several new conductors for North American management, two of whom were previously self-managed and one who has a European-based general manager but will be represented Stateside by Sheldon. Among the former group is … » Read