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Centuries-old Music Fest Sees Leadership Change
Britain’s annual Three Choirs Festival, which lays claim to being the oldest classical music festival in the world, has announced that Alexis Paterson, its CEO of the last eight years, will exit at the end of this year’s event, July … »
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Anthony Freud's Timely Exit from Lyric Opera of Chicago
By the time he was 14, Anthony Freud had become obsessed with opera and knew he wanted to run an opera company one day. Now, after more than three decades doing just that, he is set to retire after a 13-year stint as general director of Lyric … »
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La Scala Taps New Intendant
As per hard-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s directive, foreign heads of Italian opera houses must retire by age 70 . That means Frenchman Dominque Meyer, 68, must soon exit as Intendant at La Scala, despite the fact that the musicians … »
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New U.K. Leaders, Artistic & Executive
Violinist Katie Stillman is to be the new leader of Leeds-based Opera North’s orchestra, effective in August. She succeeds David Greed, who exits after 40 years with the company. Stillman is currently first violinist of the Villiers Quartet … »
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Pappano Blasts U.K. Gov's Disdain for Opera
Few Britons better understand the world of opera in the U.K. than Sir Antonio Pappano, musical director of the Royal Opera House for more than two decades and since September chief conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. “Here … »
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Cinci College Conservatory of Music Names New Dean
The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) has selected Peter Jutras to become its new dean. Currently professor of piano and piano pedagogy and director of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music (HHSM) at the University of … »
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Edo de Waart Stops Conducting
On April 10 conductor Edo de Waart announced his retirement from the stage of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Although he is 82 and has been conducting for 60 years, the maestro’s retirement came as a surprise. In an … »
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Balsom Preps Marsalis's New Trumpet Concerto
Alison Balsom recognizes that her status as a much-in-demand trumpet soloist is a bit of an anomaly. “Historically,” she writes in The Guardian , “it has been more unusual for women to play brass instruments, due to … »
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Yes: Art Can and Should Be Political
When climate protesters interrupted a performance by the Bavarian State Orchestra at the Lucerne Festival last September, conductor Vladimir Jurowski did something that, while unexpected, was fully in keeping with his belief that music ought not … »
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Ojai Names Its 2025 Music Director
In keeping with its trend-setting model of appointing a new music director every season, the Ojai Music Festival will follow Mitsuko Uchida’s upcoming June 6-9 2024 tenure with one of a completely different—one could even say … »
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