Daniel Hope is to become the Intendant and artistic director of Gstaad Menuhin Festival and Academy as of November 1, 2025. He succeeds Christoph Müller, in the position for 24 years. A violinist of international distinction, Hope is … » Read

Over the past few weeks Jaap van Zweden has been busy concluding his concurrent tenures as music director of both the New York and Hong Kong philharmonic orchestras. His final concerts in New York in May precede a summer tour of China with the … » Read

Edwin Outwater, music director of the San Francisco Conservatory since 2020 , is to be principal guest conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra effective September 1, alongside Chief Conductor Anna Maria Helsing. He first led the group in 2022 when … » Read

Teng Li, current principal viola of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, is to take the same post with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO). She won the audition in May of 2023, and was officially offered the job the following September by Riccardo … » Read

The Royal Northern Sinfonia has announced Italian-Turkish conductor Nil Venditti as its principal guest conductor starting next season. She made her debut with the orchestra in 2022, returning last May to conduct works by Mozart, Beethoven, … » Read

Noting that her heart was “overflowing with gratitude,” soprano Christine Goerke in a Facebook post bid farewell to the Detroit Opera from her three-year stint as associate artistic director. In a relationship dating back to the early … » Read

Gabriel van Aalst has submitted his resignation as president and CEO of the New Jersey Symphony, effective in September. With the orchestra since 2016, Van Aalst will assume the same responsibilities at Dayton Live, which serves Ohio’s … » Read

Intermusica management has moved Nathan Morrison from the position of associate director of vocal & opera to head of vocal & opera, a title that also lands him on the board of directors. Morrison, who joined the firm in 2022 from rival … » Read

The Cleveland Orchestra has a new first associate concertmaster in Liyuan Xie , who arrives in the job just one year after he joined the orchestra’s second violin section as a recent graduate of the New England Conservatory. He succeeds … » Read

Suzanne Wilson will succeed Tony Beadle as president and CEO of Rockport (MA) Music as of July 1; she arrives after time in London with family, having previously served a brief term at the helm of the Phoenix Symphony and, before that, seven … » Read