Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España (OCNE) has named Kent Nagano to succeed David Afkham as its chief conductor and artistic director ( director titular y artístico ) as of September 2026, when Afkham, in the job seven years, makes … » Read

On Jan. 1, 2025, Robert Suttman will succeed Sara Cutler as president of Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians. Cutler has led the union since August of 2023. Suttman, who ran unopposed, is a trombonist who has played in 95 Broadway … » Read

The musicians of the Adelphi Quartet have decided to disband after seven years of playing together. Violinists Maxime Michaluk (Belgium) and Esther Agusti Matabosch (Spain),  British violist Adam Newmanb, and German cellist Nepomuk Braun … » Read

NEW DELHI (AP) — Zakir Hussain, one of India’s most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced tabla to global audiences, died on Sunday. He was 73. The Indian classical music icon died from idiopathic pulmonary … » Read

The Utah Symphony/Utah Opera (USUO) has selected Delyana Lazarova as principal guest conductor. The Bulgarian native’s two-year contract begins in 2025-26; she will conduct two Masterworks programs in the first season and three in the … » Read

As Blake-Anthony Johnson exits to become CEO of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, the Chicago Sinfonietta has announced an interim CEO effective January 1. She is Wendy Lewis, founder and CEO of an LLC bearing her name that … » Read

The College of Fine Arts at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has announced a new head of the school of music in Milton Rubén Laufer , starting July 1 and reporting into CFA Dean Mary Ellen Poole. Laufer succeeds Jonathan Bailey Howard , … » Read

HarrisonParrott (HP) has signed two new conductors, one French and one American, for worldwide management. Camille Delaforge , also a harpsichordist, is noted for her fluency in the Baroque repertoire and was recently resident conductor at the … » Read

Marvin Laird, a longtime conductor for Broadway musicals and performers like Bernadette Peters, died on Dec.2 at age 85. “He was just the most energetic, charismatic fellow you’d ever want to meet,” Peters, who first met Laird … » Read

Riccardo Frizza, who has served as the music director of the Donizetti Opera Festival since 2017, is to be the new artistic director as well. He succeeds Francesco Micheli, in the post since 2015. Held each year in Bergamo, the 2024 edition of … » Read