That a 28-year-old inexperienced and oversubscribed Finnish conductor will steer the course of two of the world’s most important orchestras come 2027—the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra—has … » Read

Tilman Michael, chorus master of the Frankfurt Opera for the past ten seasons, will succeed Donald Palumbo as chorus director of the Metropolitan Opera, effective with the 2024-25 season and arriving next summer to prepare. Palumbo, 75, announced … » Read

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music has appointed Michael Tilson Thomas as its first and only distinguished professor of music, effective next fall. His term begins concurrent with the release of a boxed set devoted to new and previously … » Read

Will Liverman follows up 2021’s Dreams of a New Day: Songs by Black Composers with an ambitious and equally impressive double disc Show Me the Way . An all-female composer program is echoed in the American baritone’s choice of a … » Read

One of today’s most performed young composers, is an unapologetic advocate for the power of melody. “I find emotional connection through melody…. I think it’s a way to connect human beings,” Anna Clyne tells … » Read

Choral Arts Society of Washington, D.C., its 60 th anniversary coming in 2025, has announced Marie Bucoy-Calavan as its next artistic director as of next season. She succeeds Jace Kaholokula Saplan who left after 18 months in the job. Saplan is … » Read

In what may be the worst-kept secret about the world’s youngest, most oversubscribed music director, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra has named 28-year-old Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä to succeed the legendary Riccardo Muti as its … » Read

Following an “extensive open search,” the Juilliard School has hired two new composers to join its composition faculty as of next fall. They arrive after the firing of Robert Beaser as chair of the department, in the wake of an … » Read

The Annapolis Symphony has tapped a former neurosurgeon and university president to be its next CEO, as of April 1. Ralph Kuncl comes to the position with an impressive track record as a fund raiser, most notably as president, now emeritus, of … » Read

On March 24, Italian Minister of Culture Gennaro Sangiuliano officially appointed Carlo Fuortes as superintendent of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Two days later, Fuortes was sentenced to 16 months in jail by a court in Rome, over the death of … » Read