A 65-year-old conductor who was Covent Garden’s music director from 2002-24, Pappano succeeded Simon Rattle as the LSO’s chief conductor last September and has a quick commute from his home in Hampstead to the LSO’s … » Read

Italy’s Minister of Culture Alessandro Giuli has appointed Nicola Colabianchi [pictured] as superintendent of the Fondazione Teatro La Fenice. He arrives after five years in the same post with the Cagliari Lirico. Colabianchi succeeds … » Read

Christopher Hahn has announced that the 2025-26 season will be his last as general director for the Pittsburgh Opera . He was appointed to the position in 2008, after serving for eight years as artistic director. The South African native began … » Read

Matthew Lutton is to be the new artistic director of the Adelaide Festival, with a three-year contract beginning in 2026. He succeeds Brett Sheehy, whose association with the festival dates to 2003. For the past nine years, Lutton has been … » Read

Finnish conductor Susanna Mälkki has been named professor of orchestral conducting at the Sibelius Academy of Uniarts Helsinki, an institution well-known for training major conductors of modern times, including Mälkki, Esa-Pekka … » Read

Patrick Hahn—current artistic director of the Musik der Zeit concert series at the WDR Symphony and of the Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik festival—is to be the next director of the Ensemble intercontemporain, effective as of … » Read

After nearly a decade, David Snead will step down as president and chief executive of the Handel and Haydn Society (H+H) at the end of the 2024-2025 season in May. Snead, who joined the organization in 2015 after postings at the New York … » Read

The two-year-old No Name Pops, soon to be known again as the Philly Pops by permission of the estate of the late Peter Nero, has tapped Christopher Dargon as its first music director. The Australian conductor holds conducting positions with the … » Read

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has appointed violinist Natalie Chee as its next concertmaster, commencing in January 2026. For Chee, who currently lives in Germany, the appointment brings her home. A Sydney native, she began studying violin at age … » Read

After sifting through more than 180 applicants, the Greater Bridgeport (CT) Symphony (GBS) has selected Eduardo Leandro as music director and principal conductor. His inaugural concert with the 80-year-old ensemble, slated for May 10, will … » Read