Violinist/conductor Jaime Laredo is to retire as music director of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra at the end of the 2020-21 season. Laredo will have been at the helm for 20 seasons, having succeeded Kate Tamarkin in 2000 after she resigned. In … » Read

German conductor Anja Bihlmaier, recently named principal conductor of the Residentie Orchestra in the Hague, Holland, is to become principal guest conductor of Lahti (FI) Symphony Orchestra in autumn 2020. During the course of her three-year … » Read

Tanya Derksen, president of Orchestras Canada and of that country’s Regina Symphony Orchestra in Saskatchewan, will move into a new job with the Philadelphia Orchestra as of October 28. The position, which bears the title VP of Artistic … » Read

After a tug of war between two strong-willed artistic leaders that played out in the German press, the leadership succession at the Salzburg Easter Festival has finally been resolved. Christian Thielemann, the Easter Festival’s artistic … » Read

As Stéphane Denève takes over as music director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra [pictured], seven new musicians arrive in the ranks, all filling the places of retirees, according to a SLSO spokesperson. In the viola section, … » Read

VIENNA – Dominique Meyer, director of the Vienna State Opera since 2010, and Christian Kircher, managing director of Bundestheater-Holding, the government-run agency that oversees the State Opera, the Volksoper, and the Burgtheater, have … » Read

The Berkeley (CA) Symphony will enter its 49 th season next month with a realigned executive structure, as well as a new music director in Joseph Young . (He succeeds Joana Carneiro, now emerita, who leaves after nine seasons in the job.) In the … » Read

After a recent rehearsal of Handel’s Agrippina at the Royal Opera House, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato enthusiastically reminded Fiona Maddocks, The Guardian’s music critic, of how relevant the story is to our contemporary world. … » Read

Just on the heels of announcing 29-year-old American Ryan Bancroft as its new principal conductor, the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales (BBC NOW) has named Lisa Tregale as its first ever woman director. She starts in the new year, … » Read

A year ago, Priti Gandhi left her post as artistic administrator at the San Diego Opera to become the chief artistic officer of the Minnesota Opera, intent on building on the company’s reputation as a leader in promoting diversity in the … » Read