Carl Topilow , now in his 42 nd year as music director of the National Repertory Orchestra, has just signed a three-year contract that will take him through 2022. It is to be his last with the annual Breckenridge, CO, summer festival and youth … » Read

PARIS — Oscar-winning composer and pianist Michel Legrand, whose hits included the score for the '60s romance The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and the song The Windmills of Your Mind and who worked with some of biggest-name artists of the 20th … » Read

Italian conductor Daniele Rustioni, principal conductor of Opéra National de Lyon and Orchestra della Toscana, is to be chief conductor of the Ulster Orchestra as of next September. He succeeds Rafael Payare in September; Payare has been … » Read

Nicola Benedetti is putting her money where her mouth is when it comes to music education. Long a vigorous advocate for “building discipline, professionalism, concentration and perseverance . . . through the act of conscientious music … » Read

Bass-baritone Alan Held , a onetime a regular on the stages of The Metropolitan Opera, The Vienna State Opera, The Paris Opera, and others of kind, is  the new artistic director the Wichita Grand Opera. Held, current artist in residence for … » Read

In announcing its 2019-20 season, its 205 th , the Boston-based Handel and Haydn Society has said that its artistic director of ten years, Harry Christophers, has decided to make the following season, 2020-21, his last, and that a search is … » Read

Finnish conductor Dalia Stasevska is to be the new principal guest conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, joining the august team of  Sakari Oramo, chief conductor; Sir Andrew Davis, conductor laureate; and Semyon Bychkov, who holds the … » Read

San Francisco based artist manager Seldy Cramer has informed her clients of her decision to cut back, delivering most of artists into the hands of colleagues while maintaining management of the Takács Quartet and Uruguay-born conductor … » Read

Chicago-based WFMT, which specializes in classical content, including Chicago Symphony Orchestra broadcasts and such syndicated shows as Exploring Music with McGlaughlin, has a new VP and general manager. He is George Preston, current general … » Read

Hannover’s triennial Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition has put new leadership in place as it looks to its next competition, in 2021. Violinists Antje Weithaas [pictured] and Oliver Wille will serve as co-artistic … » Read