Orchestras here and abroad are adding new musicians to their ranks as the new season is set to begin. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Dr. Mark Almond joins the CSO as principal horn from San Francisco, where he was an associate principal for both … » Read

The 2024 Gilmore Artist Award, a quadrennial prize of $300,000, which many liken to a MacArthur  “Genius”  Grant for pianists, has gone to Frenchman Alexandre Kantorow. He receives $50,000 cash in the immediate future and … » Read

The Boston Baroque, approaching is 50 th -anniversary season in 2023-24, has appointed Sarah Radcliffe-Marrs [pictured] as its next executive director, as of November 1st.  She succeeds Jennifer Ritvo Hughes,  who in July was appointed … » Read

Lyric Opera of Chicago General Director, President, and CEO Anthony Freud has said he will retire at the end of the current season. He will have been in the job 13 years. "Having been a general director for 30 years leading opera companies on … » Read

When Frenchman Stephane Lissner learned that he would be fired from his job as superintendent and artistic director of the San Carlo Opera because of a new law mandating foreign heads of opera houses to retire at age 70, he vowed to challenge the … » Read

After 11 years heading Florida Grand Opera, Susan Danis has resigned as general director and CEO, the company’s board of directors announced on Sept. 11. “The board thanks Ms. Danis for her tireless efforts on behalf of FGO throughout … » Read

When two young climate protesters representing Renovate Switzerland interrupted a performance by the Bavarian State Orchestra at the Lucerne Festival on Sept. 8, conductor Vladimir Jurowski took the high road, urging the audience to let them … » Read

The Monterey Jazz Festival has announced that composer and musician Darin Atwater is to succeed Tim Jackson as artistic director. Jackson is retiring after leading the world’s longest continuously-running jazz festival for 32 years. A … » Read

Alexander Brose, who was named to succeed Dr. Peter Simon [pictured] as president & CEO of Canada’s Royal Conservatory of Music this past February, has begun the year-long transition period to take over the job. Simon will have led the … » Read

The Concours musical international de Montréal (CMIM)—an annual, highly prestigious event that rotates among voice, piano, and violin— has chosen a leadership team from within to succeed Christiane LeBlanc, who announced her … » Read