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Two (More) Norwegian Conductors on the Rise

June 12, 2024 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
Tabita Berglund , who becomes principal guest conductor of the Detroit Symphony as of next season , will take the same role with the Dresden Philharmonic as of 2025-26. Her debut with the orchestra last November, conducting Sibelius’s … » Read
 

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Musician Updates: Pittsburgh Symphony O

June 10, 2024 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
Retirements in the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra have prompted several new appointments, along with promotions within. In the former category, the PSO has announced a new associate principal cello in Korea-born Dale Jeong, age 21 (three years … » Read
 

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Faculty Updates: Cleveland Institute of Music

June 10, 2024 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
As the Cleveland Institute of Music continues to wrestle with pending lawsuits , a vote of no confidence in President Paul Hogle by the faculty, and a call by this last group for unionization in AFM (which the school deems unnecessary), it rolls … » Read
 

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Five Players, 183 Years of Experience, Retire from the SF Symphony

June 12, 2024 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
San Francisco Symphony has recently announced the retirement of five longtime players who have collectively accrued 183 years in the orchestra. Violinist and former associate concertmaster Nadya Tichman joined the orchestra in 1980, played as … » Read
 

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An Exit Interview, of Sorts, with Jaap

June 10, 2024 | Ronald Blum, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Jaap van Zweden decided during the pandemic that he wanted to jettison the jet-setting life of a transatlantic conductor, so the less-flying Dutchman cut short his New York Philharmonic tenure, the orchestra’s shortest … » Read
 

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Executive Directors: VA, AZ, WA

June 7, 2024 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
Steve Wogaman [pictured], president and artistic director of Chamber Music Detroit, is to succeed Shawn Puller as executive director of the Garth Newel Music Center (GNMC) in Hot Springs, VA. Wogaman, who will continue as AD in Detroit remotely, … » Read
 

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Artistic Planning Chief at SFSymphony to Join Opus 3

June 7, 2024 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
As Esa-Pekka Salonen prepares to step down as music director of the San Francisco Symphony at the close of 2024-25, his current right hand at the orchestra, Chief Artistic Officer Phillippa Cole, will exit as well. Opus 3 Artists has announced … » Read
 

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Juilliard Loses Game-changing Fund Raiser, Hires Anew

June 7, 2024 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
Jonah Nigh, senior VP of development and alumni engagement at the New School, is to succeed  Alexandra Wheeler as VP and chief advancement officer at the Juilliard School, reporting to President Damian Woetzel. Nigh previously worked in … » Read
 

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A Very Regie, Left-tilting Don Quichotte

June 6, 2024 | Ronald Blum, Associated Press
PARIS (AP)—Damiano Michieletto sat in the last row of the Opéra Bastille’s front section alongside his production colleagues, watching opening night of Massenet’s rarely performed Don Quichotte . They bolted at the final … » Read
 

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New Music Directors: Illinois, Ohio

June 6, 2024 | Edward Egerton, Musical America
Japanese-American conductor Taichi Fukumura has emerged as the Illinois Symphony Orchestra’s next music director, the results of an assessment among four finalists during the current season. He starts next month, his first concert holding … » Read
 
 

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