Irish conductor Killian Farrell [left], 28, is to succeed Philippe Bach as general music director of the Meiningen State Theater in Germany as of 2023-24. The current Kapellmeister and assistant to the GMD at the Stuttgart State Opera, Farrell … » Read

German pianist and conductor Lars Vogt died on September 5 after a long battle with cancer. He was 51 years old. His management firm, Askonas Holt, has confirmed his death. A winner of the 1990 Leeds International Piano Competition, where he … » Read

Last weekend, New York and Hong Kong philharmonics Music Director Jaap Van Zweden led his first rehearsals with the latter orchestra in two years. In a bizarre coincidence, the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra (SPO) announced at about the same time … » Read

As orchestras prep for the coming season, quite a few are filling vacancies left from even before the pandemic, since auditions were impossible during that time. The Cincinnati Symphony has ten newcomers, eight of whom are coming into tenured … » Read

The Philadelphia-born Marc Blitzstein has a legitimate claim to being one of America’s best unknown composers. The son of Russian immigrants, he studied composition at the Curtis Institute and at 21 was a musician accomplished enough to … » Read

Norwegian conductor Grete Pedersen has been announced as the new artistic director and principal conductor of the Carmel Bach Festival, which prides itself on being “the longest-running summer music festival in California.” Somehow … » Read

VIENNA (AFP) – Dutch opera director Lotte de Beer took over Thursday as artistic director of the Volksoper opera house in Vienna, the first woman to hold the post. De Beer, 41, won the International Opera Award in the Newcomer category in … » Read

When the headline in Italy’s leading daily translates as “Placido Domingo, flop at the Verona Arena: the orchestra refuses to stand up for the final applause ,” it's pretty clear that a certain aging tenor turned self-imagined … » Read

The harp, an instrument long associated with female musicians and a standard classical repertoire, is undergoing a transformation as gender roles are redefined and new works are introduced. In a conversation for Van Magazine , Parker Ramsay … » Read

Pianist Gabriela Montero follows her own creative muse, with a flourishing career as both classical virtuoso and talented improviser. Her contrapuntally rich fantasies on themes (often suggested by audience members) have been captured on her 2006 … » Read