For the first time in 45 years, a new musician will assume the principal cello chair for the San Francisco Symphony. Rainer Eudeikis, who joined the Atlanta Symphony in 2019, starts with SFS in September. He succeeds the late Michael Grebanier, … » Read

The ascendant American soprano Angel Blue has withdrawn from her planned debut at the Arena di Verona in the festival’s production of Verdi’s La Traviata . Her action was in response to the Arena’s recent production of Aida , in … » Read

Gustavo Gimeno, music director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra as of this season , is to be the next music director of Teatro Real starting fall 2025. At that time, he will step down as music director of the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, … » Read

Austin’s KMFA 89.5, which defines itself as an independent radio station focusing on classical programming, some of it locally produced, has announced the departure of Ann Hume Wilson as president and general manager as of the end of the … » Read

The Houston Chamber Choir (HCC), founded in 1995 by Artistic Director Robert Simpson, has named its first executive director in Brian Miller, most recently the chorus manager for the Houston Symphony. The HCC, winner of a 2020 Grammy award for … » Read

Bramwell Tovey, named music director of the Sarasota Orchestra just under one year ago, died at his home in Rhode Island on July 12, one day after his 69 th birthday. Tovey was diagnosed with a rare form of sarcoma in May of 2019 but had seemed … » Read

The Seiji Ozawa Music Academy, est. 2000, has appointed Venezuelan conductor Diego Matheuz (pictured) , 38, as the first-ever principal conductor of its orchestra. Matheuz arrives after being principal conductor of the Teatro La Fenice, principal … » Read

The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association has announced the seven musicians who will participate in two fellowship programs for the 2022-23 season. Since 2009, the Dudamel Fellowship Program has selected promising young conductors to work with the … » Read

As the new music director of the Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra, Mélisse Brunet becomes the fifth person and first woman to hold the position in the ensemble’s 61-year history. She succeeds Scott Terrell after a search that was … » Read

Walter Pierce, credited with making the Celebrity Series of Boston into one of the key presenting organizations in the U.S., died on July 7 at the age of 91. He first came to what was then called the Boston University Celebrity series in the … » Read