A fraught relationship with violinist Holly Mulcahy has left the Chattanooga Symphony (CSO) without its concertmaster since its season opened in early October. In August Mulcahy  sued the orchestra for breach of contract after it canceled … » Read

Dennis Russell Davies, principal conductor of the Brno Philharmonic, is to become chief conductor of the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra as of 2020-21. His contract is for four years, coinciding with the orchestra’s centennial in 2024. … » Read

The final season of Michael Tilson Thomas’s 25-year tenure at the San Francisco Symphony is occasion for analyses of his many accomplishments with the orchestra and who better to do the job than the local critic. Joshua Kosman uses the new … » Read

The League of American Orchestras, which claims its latest membership tops 2000, has six new board members, each of whom will serve a three-year term.  They are: Charles ("Chuck") Dickerson III [pictured]: founder, executive director, … » Read

The Irish National Opera’s upcoming production of Rossini’s La Cenerentola , has occasioned an interview with its director, Orpha Phelan. When she left her native Ireland for London in the mid-1990s, Phelan foresaw a career writing … » Read

Lisa Dell is the new executive director of the California Symphony; she succeeds Aubrey Bergauer who left in June, saying, essentially, that she wanted to share her secrets of success with the rest of the arts world. She claimed to have increased … » Read

John Curro, founding conductor of the Queensland Youth Symphony and one of Australia’s most revered and influential pedagogues, died on November 6. He was 86. He is mourned by many of the country’s prominent musicians and music … » Read

Robert Spano, who will come to the end of two decades at the helm of the Atlanta Symphony in 2021, has changed management. A year ago, London-based HarrisonParrott announced he had joined its roster for North America representation after decades … » Read

Abhijit Sengupta, director of artistic planning for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for just under two years, is to be the new director of artistic planning for Carnegie Hall as of January 6. He succeeds Jeremy Geffen, who  left last spring … » Read

Mario Garcia Durham will step down as president and CEO of The Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) as of April 2020, the end of his current contract. Durham succeeded Sandra Gibson when she left in 2011. Previously he was at … » Read