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

Canadian-born violinist Nikki Chooi, a co-concertmaster in the Metropolitan Opera orchestra during the 2016-17 season, is the new concertmaster of the Buffalo Philharmonic. He succeeds Dennis Kim, who stepped down at the end of the 2017-18 … » Read

Eva Kleinitz, artistic director of the Opéra national du Rhin, died on May 30 at the age of 47. The cause was cancer. In his blog, German critic Manuel Brug writes, “Eva Kleinitz’s enthusiasm for great artists knew no bounds … » Read

It must be a young composer’s dream to be programmed by John Adams as one of the musicians whose creative force he sees as “the future of American music.” In the case of Gabriella Smith’s Carrot Revolution , featured on an … » Read

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