Lyndon Terracini, scheduled to depart as the artistic director of Opera Australia at the end of 2023, will instead be leaving October 14, the company announced October 7. His abrupt exit takes place more than a year ahead of schedule and within a … » Read

Conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim has announced that he will be stepping back from some of his performance activities, especially his conducting engagements, over the coming months to enable him to concentrate on his health. The decision … » Read

The Seattle Symphony has announced the official appointment of four new musicians—including new associate and assistant concertmasters—all of whom made their debuts with the orchestra at the start of the 2022/2023 season. Along with … » Read

Classical music agency Intermusica has expanded its international reach by appointing Dennis Gerlach as senior artist manager. At the same time they are establishing a new office for the company in Munich. The U.K.-based management, which also … » Read

Teodor Currentzis is to step down as chief conductor of Stuttgart’s SWR Symphony Orchestra at the end of the 2024-25 season, it has been announced. The controversial Greek-Russian maestro has been under fire since the outbreak of the war in … » Read

If at first you don’t succeed…. In 1999, after eight years at the head of the New York Philharmonic, Deborah Borda decamped for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, convinced that a makeover of the much-maligned Avery Fisher Hall … » Read

French conductor Stéphane Denève will succeed Michael Tilson Thomas as artistic director of the New World Symphony as of the 2022-23 season. MTT, who cofounded NWS with Ted and Lin Arison 35 years ago, will stay connected to his … » Read

Following a concert with the Vienna Philharmonic in Salzburg’s Grosses Festspielhaus last month, the 81-year-old maestro Riccardo Muti sat for an interview with Die Zeit . Reminded that he has expressed frustration that “a performance … » Read

The Manchester-based Hallé orchestra, Mark Elder music director, has brought on a new leader, or concertmaster, to succeed Lyn Fletcher, who left in 2019 after over 20 years in the job. He is Roberto Ruisi , 22, a multiple prize winner … » Read

As orchestras continue to fill their ranks post-pandemic (knock on wood), the Chicago Symphony Orchestra has announced the appointments of Daniel Carson and Beatrice Chen as the newest members of the bass and viola sections. Carson, principal … » Read