Barbara Hannigan is to be the next chief conductor and artistic director of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra as of August 2026. She succeeds Eva Ollikainen , whose four-season contract commenced in 2020-21. Hannigan, also an acclaimed soprano, has … » Read

Conductor and pianist Jeffrey Kahane first began working with the now defunct San Antonio Symphony in the early 1990s, forming a bond with the musicians that has survived the orchestra’s demise in 2022. He conducted the opening concert of … » Read

BERLIN (AP) — The Bayreuth Festival in Germany announced on Tuesday that it is retaining Katharina Wagner as its director for another five years. Wagner, who turns 46 on May 21 and is a great-granddaughter of Richard Wagner, became co-head … » Read

Lise Davidsen has become classical music’s biggest draw , attracting crowds to the Paris Opéra for her first performances in the title role of Strauss’s Salome during the same week Swift filled La Défense Arena across … » Read

On May 22 Angela Dixon is to become the new chair of the Royal Philharmonic Society succeeding 14-year incumbent Sir John Gilhooly, artistic and executive director of Wigmore Hall. Dixon, currently CEO at Saffron Hall, studied music at the … » Read

Violinist Annie Fullard, current chair of chamber music at the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University, is to be the next director of chamber music at the Peabody Institute. A founding member of the Cavani String Quartet, she will … » Read

The Merola Opera Program has hired Sean Waugh, consultant and onetime artistic planning manager for the San Francisco Opera (SFO), as its new executive director. He succeeds Jean Kellogg, who stepped down last January after 12 years in the job. … » Read

The Palm Beach Opera did not have to look very far to find its new general director, James Barbato, who has been its director of artistic administration for the past five years. Barbato has served in an acting capacity since his predecessor, … » Read

By any measure, Marin Alsop has had an extraordinary career. The first woman to lead a major American orchestra--she spent 14 somewhat fractious years at the helm of the Baltimore Symphony --she has also held prestigious appointments in Europe … » Read

The sudden announcement by Gustavo Dudamel in late May of 2023 that he was stepping down as music director of the Paris Opera shocked the classical music world. He was leaving only two years into a contract extending to 2027. The press release … » Read