The Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas, Pittsburgh, and National symphonies have co-commissioned a “multimedia work that integrates film and pre-recorded sound with live orchestra performance” titled World’s Greatest Synth: The … » Read

The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra has suddenly fired its director of artistic planning. Lam Fung, also a composer, had been in the job since 2017 and was its highest-ranking native-born employee. The orchestra offered no explanation; Lam Fung, … » Read

For the past four years, Lucy Wallace, a former dance major with a master’s degree in psychology, has spent a lot of time behind bars. Dance to Be Free—the program she co-founded—teaches dance to women in prison so they can … » Read

Kelly Tweeddale, president of Canada’s Vancouver Symphony and its School of Music, is to be the next executive director of the San Francisco Ballet, one of the three largest ballet companies in the U.S. She starts in September and succeeds … » Read

The Orlando Philharmonic has joined the ever-burgeoning group of orchestras to hire David Hyslop as its interim executive director. He succeeds board president Mary Palmer and founding musician Mark Fischer, who have been serving as co-interims … » Read

At a hastily assembled press conference today at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Culture Senator Klaus Lederer announced that Daniel Barenboim’s contract as general music director has been extended another five years, to 2027. The … » Read

Jesse Rosen has set the wheels in motion for his retirement from the League of American Orchestras. He made the announcement today at the League’s annual national conference in Nashville. When he leaves in September 2020, Rosen will have … » Read

Michael Tilson Thomas is to undergo “a cardiac procedure,” necessitating the cancellation of all dates between June 17 and September 3 .The operation will take place in Cleveland and follow his June 13-16 performances of … » Read

Utah Symphony Associate Conductor Conner Gray Covington [pictured] has been given the additional position of principal conductor of the Deer Valley Music Festival, summer home of the Utah Symphony, for the next two seasons. Summer of 2019 sees … » Read

David Alan Cooper [pictured] is to be the new principal horn of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He succeeds Dale Clevenger, who retired in 2013 after 47 years with the orchestra. Daniel Gingrich has been serving as acting principal. Cooper has … » Read