ISTANBUL (AFP)—Turkish composer and pianist Fazil Say has said his concerts planned this week in Switzerland were cancelled by organizers over his social media posts criticizing Israeli policies in Gaza. Say was due to perform with the City … » Read

Pacific Opera Victoria has made two major appointments: a new artistic director and a new principal conductor. Filling the former post is Brenna Corner, a free-lance opera director currently based in Atlanta; she succeeds Founding Artistic … » Read

The Los Angeles Philharmonic recently announced the appointment of two new members. David Cooper [pictured] joins as associate principal horn from the Chicago Symphony, where he has been principal horn for the past four years. Prior postings … » Read

Maxime Pascal [pictured], founding music director of the Paris-based multi-media music group Le Balcon, is to be the chief conductor of Sweden’s Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, one of the country’s oldest, its origins dating to 1912. … » Read

Succeeding  Paul Helfrich as executive director of the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra is Karina Bharne, currently in that job with Symphony Tacoma in Washington. Prior to her five years in Tacoma, Bharne served as interim executive director … » Read

It is time now, submits Simon Woods, president and CEO of the League of American Orchestras, to ask, “How well orchestra boards are functioning in the 21 st century and what might need reassessment.” Writing in the League-published … » Read

Conductors Elias Peter Brown and Aleksandra Melaniuk will join the San Francisco Symphony conducting staff in the 2023–24 season as Salonen Fellows. In 2018 Esa-Pekka Salonen joined the Colburn School Conservatory of Music’s faculty, … » Read

Two New York-based arts management companies recently announced staff additions and changes. At Arabella Arts,  founded three years ago by Stefana Atlas and Samantha Scully, Guiomar Blanco arrives in the new position of head of European … » Read

The Oslo Philharmonic has selected Knut Skansen as its new managing director as of Jan.1, 2024. He succeeds Ingrid Røynesdal, who became director of the National Museum on Oct. 1. Skansen, who has a degree in literature, joins the … » Read

Finnish-British conductor Ross Jamie Collins has signed with HarrisonParrott for general worldwide management. Recently appointed conductor-in-residence for the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, he is also a Dudamel Fellow with Los Angeles Philharmonic … » Read