Michael Volpe, founder and general director of Opera Holland Park, has announced his intention to step down as of October, 2020, calling his move “early retirement.”  Volpe started with the Holland Park Theater in 1989, and … » Read

Kevin Lin, co-leader of the London Philharmonic, is to be the new concertmaster of the Indianapolis Symphony. He assumes the post as of next season; in the meantime, he has been serving as guest concertmaster for Indianapolis’s current … » Read

The Cincinnati Symphony has for the third time extended the contract of its music director, Louis Langrée. Currently in his seventh season with the CSO, he is now committed through 2023-24. The news was announced at the orchestra’s … » Read

Is Jaap van Zweden headed back to the Concertgebouw? The current music director of the New York and Hong Kong philharmonics recently scored a triumph on the podium of the Concertgebouw, where he held the position of concertmaster for nearly two … » Read

Maria Seletskaja, a former professional ballet soloist, is the new conductor-in-residence of the National Ballet of Canada Orchestra. Working under Music Director and Principal Conductor David Briskin, Seletskaja began her two-year appointment … » Read

The Atlanta Ballet’s top fundraiser is to be the new president and CEO of the Jacksonville Symphony as of February 1. Steven Libman, Atlanta’s chief advancement officer since 2014, succeeds Jacksonville's Robert Massey, now CEO of the … » Read

Among the many individuals and organizations deeply affected by the tragedy of Mariss Jansons’ death on December 1, 2019, were the two leaders of the Salzburg Festival – Artistic Director Markus Hinterhäuser and President Helga … » Read

For only the second time in its history, the Pittsburgh Symphony has hired a principal pops conductor. He is onetime Basie-band trumpeter Byron Stripling, 58. He succeeds Marvin Hamlisch, who died in 2012. In addition to working with Count Basie, … » Read

Cate Haste’s new biography, Passionate Spirit: The Life of Alma Mahler , profiles a woman whose tempestuous relationships with the avatars of early modernism made her a cultural force in her own right. Born in Vienna in 1879, the daughter … » Read

Ben Cadwallader, executive director of the Vermont Symphony since 2015, is to take the executive helm of The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra starting in March. He succeeds Scott Harrison, who left after four years in the job. Cadwallader's hiring … » Read