Simon Halsey, a three-time Grammy winner with the Berlin Radio Choir (2008, 2009, 2011), has been named choral director and artistic advisor to the Oslo Philharmonic for the next five years, with immediate effect. There he will join Klaus … » Read

Frederick William Noonan, a widely esteemed arts producer and administrator best known as the longtime Associate Director of Programming at Lincoln Center, died on January 15, 2025, at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, after … » Read

Mitsuko Uchida, now 76, seems to revel in truth-telling. “Really it’s not craziness,” she tells Ivan Hewett, chief music critic for The Telegraph . “I’m just very direct.” The daughter of a Japanese diplomat, … » Read

The board of directors of the Basque National Orchestra (Euskadiko Orkestra) has terminated the tenure of Robert Treviño, the ensemble’s artistic director for eight years. The announcement of the decision to part ways with the … » Read

On Sept. 1, 2025, Sir Mark Elder will begin an initial two-year term (with an option for a two-year extension) as music director at the Palau de les Arts in Valencia. He succeeds James Gaffigan, who announced this past December that he would … » Read

Kari Watson claims to be tired, but you wouldn’t guess it, apart from the sheepish acknowledgment and an occasional yawn. In a conversation at a café on Chicago’s West Side, Watson confessed to being up late copying scores for … » Read

Boston’s Longwood Symphony Orchestra (LSO) has appointed Hannah Collins , associate professor and string area coordinator at the University of Kansas School of Music, as its executive director. LSO, which seeks to combine the healing arts … » Read

Another national arts executive based in Washington, D.C. is making their exit, as the new administration takes up residence in the White House. Deborah Rutter, president and CEO of the Kennedy Center, has said she will leave at the end of the … » Read

The Acadiana Symphony Orchestra (ASO) and the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) have entered into a new collaboration centered around Matthew Kraemer, in his second season as the music director and principal conductor of the latter ensemble. … » Read

Soprano Lise Davidsen is pregnant with twins and is canceling her performances from mid-March through the end of the year. “I’m very excited about their arrival, and my new life with them,” she said in a statement Friday. … » Read