Riccardo Muti, in his final concerts as music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, has tested positive for COVID-19 the orchestra announced Thursday. CSO’s Sir Georg Solti Conducting Apprentice Lina González-Granados will take … » Read

Jace Kaholokula Saplan (pictured), director of choral activities and associate professor of music learning & teaching and choral conducting at Arizona State University, is to be the next artistic director of  The Choral Arts Society of … » Read

The Seattle Opera has selected Dennis Robinson, Jr., as its next director of programs and partnerships. He succeeds Alejandra Valarino Boyer, in the position since late 2018. Robinson has extensive experience as a theater administrator, most … » Read

Valérie Sainte-Agathe, artistic director and conductor of the San Francisco Girls Chorus since 2013, is the new director of the Philharmonia Baroque Chorale. She arrives at the end of Richard Edgarr’s first season as music director … » Read

The Monterey (CA) Symphony has said Jayce Ogren [pictured], 43, is to be its next music director. Also a composer, he is particularly popular among new music circles, having led the world premieres of David Lang’s Symphony for a Broken … » Read

Klaus Mäkelä, 26, is to be the new chief conductor of the Concertgebouw Orchestra as of 2027. He will start as artistic partner in August for five years, leading five programs in 2022-23 alone. He is also chief conductor of the Paris … » Read

Beginning in July, violist Tatjana Masurenko will join the Colburn School faculty. She will teach viola and coach chamber music in the Conservatory as well as its Music Academy for gifted pre-college musicians. Apart from her performance … » Read

Seb Lovell-Huckle , executive director of the Birmingham (UK) Contemporary Music Group, is to take the same post with the English Symphony Orchestra as of August 8. He succeeds Peter Sheeran; ESO Board Chair Jonathan Godfrey has been serving in … » Read

The recording industry has certainly bounced back with orchestras and choirs returning to the studio with a vengeance. There’s no lack of new music either with plenty of rediscoveries alongside the latest compositions. Feelgood music first. … » Read

After 19 years and more than 750 performances, Osmo Vänskä will conduct his final; concerts as music director of the Minnesota Orchestra in the coming weeks. He will leave an ensemble that has joined the first rank of orchestras in the … » Read