Perhaps it is a coincidence that the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra’s Managing Director Jan Raes has decided to resign in the wake of Daniele Gatti’s firing one year ago as music director. The orchestra announced today that Raes will … » Read

The Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard [pictured] has once again devoted his talents to music with his new documentary Pavarotti , which opens in select theaters on June 7. Having previously directed films on Jay Z and The Beatles, Howard … » Read

British violinist Nicola Benedetti has chosen Michael Garvey, director of the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales, to be executive director of her new, eponymous foundation, which is dedicated to providing “enrichment, inspiration, … » Read

The U.K. has a new minister for arts, heritage, and tourism. As part of a cabinet reshuffle, Rebecca Pow, the Conservative MP for Taunton Deane, has been tapped to replace Michael Ellis, in the job since January 2018. Ellis will now become … » Read

Having been appointed to the faculty of the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami last month , conductor Gerard Schwarz is planting further roots into the Florida sands by accepting the post of music director of the Palm Beach … » Read

MILAN--Daniele Gatti has been given yet another vote of confidence by his fellow countrymen. Last weekend he was named music director of the Bologna-based Orchestra Mozart—the latest Italian appointment since his dramatic exit from the … » Read

Thierry Fischer has opted not to renew his contract as music director of the Utah Symphony when it expires in August 2022. At that point, he will have been in the job 13 years, after having turned the orchestra around artistically and raised its … » Read

TEL AVIV, Israel — When Zubin Mehta joined the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in 1969, it would be 20 years before Lahav Shani was even born. Now, at the age of 30, the Israeli wunderkind is  poised to succeed his mentor at the helm of … » Read

When Aretha Franklin died in August 2018, her family reported that she did not have a will. Discoveries made in early May by Sabrina Owens, Franklin’s niece and her estate’s personal representative, suggest that the Queen of Soul may … » Read

London’s Philharmonia Orchestra has chosen another Finn as its next principal conductor. Starting in the 2021-22 season, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, 33, is to succeed Esa-Pekka Salonen for a five-year term. In doing so, he moves up from his … » Read