Ashley Magnus, apparently a very skilled fundraiser, has been named general director of the Chicago Opera Theater, a promotion from the post of general manager of strategy and development. COT Board President Susan Irion noted that in her prior … » Read

Remember Yoel Levi? The longtime music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra who was forced out almost 20 years ago and hasn’t been heard from on the American scene since? Levi’s current gig is chief conductor of the KNS Symphony … » Read

In recent years the Los Angeles Philharmonic (LA Phil) has dominated the California orchestral world. But that justly celebrated ensemble is about to get some company. The recent appointments of Esa-Pekka Salonen, the LA Phil’s conductor … » Read

What a difference a few years can make. During the Obama administrations, a broad range of musicians—from classical to hip hop, R & B to country, pop to rock—performed at The White House. One musician missing during the Obama … » Read

Richard Egarr, music director of the Academy of Ancient Music since 2006, is to take on the same title with the San Francisco-based Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale as of 2021-22. He succeeds Nicholas McGegan, who in October announced … » Read

Polish conductor Marta Gardolinska [pictured] has joined the roster of Askonas Holt. The 30-year-old maestra holds the position of Leverhulme Young Conductor in Association at the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra into the 2019/20 season. Having … » Read

Spanish conductor Jaime Martín, 53, is to be the next chief conductor of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, one of the Irish National Television and Radio (RTÉ) network's four music ensembles. He starts in September and has … » Read

NEW YORK — Mighty Mouse has come to save the Met. Some in the Met orchestra have taken to calling the 5-foot-6-inch Yannick Nézet-Séguin, their new music director, by the affectionate anthropomorphic nickname first bestowed by … » Read

Víctor Garcia de Gomar will leave Barcelona's Palau de la Música to become artistic director of the Gran Teatre del Liceu. He succeeds Christina Scheppelmann at the start of the 2019/20 with a four-year contract and an annual salary … » Read

Georgiana Pickett will step down as executive director of Manhattan’s Baryshnikov Arts Center as of April 26, 2019; she has been in the job since 2011.   As BAC’s administrative head, a position she has held since August 2011, … » Read