Conductor Semyon Bychkov has cancelled his first trip to the U.S. in three years, quashing plans to conduct the Cleveland Orchestra November 11-13 and the New York Philharmonic November 17-19. Neither orchestra cited an official reason. In … » Read

Sir Roger Norrington, leader of the historical performance practice movement both abroad and Stateside for the last half-century, has announced that he will conduct his final concert on November 18, leading the Royal Northern Sinfonia (RNS) at … » Read

David McCormick, an early-music scholar, educator, and Baroque violinist, is to succeed Karin Brookes as the executive director of Early Music America (EMA). Brookes, in the job four years, is the new administrative director at the Juilliard … » Read

Robert Neu , an opera and music theater director, is to be the new VP of artistic planning for the Utah Symphony | Utah Opera. The organization cites his past consultancies and affiliations with the major orchestras of Colorado, Minnesota, and … » Read

By the time he was nine, composer Mark-Anthony Turnage realized he was not cut out to be for football (the Brits’ term for soccer). “The trouble is, I was hopeless,” he recalls. “I had zero ability.” Sport’s … » Read

Shanghai-born conductor Yue Bao is the Houston Symphony’s new assistant conductor, a promotion after two years as fellow. She arrived at the orchestra two years studying under and assisting Yannick Nézet-Séguin, among other … » Read

Since her arrival in Tampa in 1992, Judy Lisi has transformed the David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts into a nationally recognized venue for classical and popular music and opera, traveling Broadway productions, theater, and … » Read

On Nov. 12 and 13 the Boston debut of Iphigenia , a new opera by Wayne Shorter, will mark the culmination of a long-time dream and an intergenerational collaboration with bassist, singer, and four-time Grammy winner Esperanza Spalding. The work … » Read

Santtu-Matias Rouvali, the 35-year-old Finn who is the Philharmonia Orchestra’s new principal conductor, launched the season with a Straussian feast that included performances of Also Sprach Zarathustra and the Alpine Symphony that one … » Read

When Rafael Payare was selected as music director of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM), the 41-year-old, who takes over in full next season, had some big shoes to fill. His immediate predecessor, Kent Nagano, held the position … » Read