Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen, Minister for Culture for North Rhine-Westphalia, has announced that beginning November 1, 2023, Ivo van Hove will become artistic director of the Ruhr Triennale for a three-year term. Van Hove will succeed the current … » Read

CAMI Music, not to be confused with the defunct CAMI—though both originated on Ronald Wilford’s watch—has signed composer Andy Akiho , who specializes in large-scale, theatrical works such as Seven Pillars , performed last month … » Read

On July 1 J. T. Kane will be joining the Manhattan School of Music (MSM) as dean of the newly created Instrumental Studies and Orchestral Performance Division. Kane is currently VP for musician advancement and dean of orchestra at the New World … » Read

Teresa Berganza, the Spanish mezzo-soprano renowned over her 40-year career for her distinctive legato and skill with language, died on May 13 in Madrid. She was 89. Born in Madrid in 1933, Berganza began her career as a 22-year-old in the era of … » Read

Conductor/composer Yaniv Segal (pictured) is to be the next music director of the Salina (KS) Symphony; he was one of five finalists for the job who guest conducted this season for a post that drew more than 100 applications. Known for his … » Read

The co-chair of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center has given $3 million to the former to endow its principal guest conductor chair, occupied by French contralto/conductor Nathalie Stutzmann, 57. The current season is the first of the … » Read

Michael Tilson Thomas’s impact on the musical life of Miami has been profound. For 35 years he was artistic director of the New World Symphony, the ensemble he co-founded as a launching pad for young classical musicians. The plaudits MTT … » Read

Pianist Alexander Toradze, who suffered heart failure during a performance with the Vancouver Symphony on April 23 but carried on to its end before being hospitalized, died yesterday at this home in South Bend, IN. He was 69. He appeared to have … » Read

Symphony San Jose, formerly Symphony Silicon Valley, formerly San Jose Symphony, has named Robert Massey as its general director. He is to succeed the 20-year-old ensemble’s founder Andrew Bales, who is retiring. Massey's most recent … » Read

After 27 years, Amy Kaiser has retired as director of the St. Louis Symphony Chorus. She had been a free-lance choral conductor in New York for more than a decade when Leonard Slatkin hired her in 1995. Since then, she has worked with his three … » Read