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

RIO DE JANEIRO--Brazilian Nelson Freire, one of the world’s prominent pianists, died Monday at 77 at his home in Rio de Janeiro. Widely considered Brazil’s best pianist, Freire was particularly noted for his renditions of Chopin and … » Read

Graham Parker, who apparently exited his job as president of Decca Records, U.S., as of July 1, is to serve as interim executive director of the Louisville Orchestra. He steps into the vacancy left by Robert Massey, who left in May 2020 after one … » Read

Belgian conductor David Reiland is to be the next artistic director of the Korean Symphony Orchestra (KSO) as of January 1 for three years. He succeeds Chi-Yong Chung who will have been in the post four years. Reiland, music director of the … » Read

The pandemic piqued Lynn Rosen’s curiosity about what impact the shutdown was having on colleagues in orchestras around the U.S. In talking with several fellow players, the violinist with the Utah Symphony discovered plans to change careers … » Read