Montreal Symphony Orchestra has named Mélanie La Couture, president and CEO of the Montreal Heart Institute, to be its next CEO, effective in July. She succeeds Madeleine Careau, who announced earlier this year that she would be stepping … » Read

Choosing a college is one of the most important decisions a student and their parents can make, finding the ideal match for the individual’s interests, abilities, and financial resources. Few prospective college freshmen have had as much to … » Read

Nathan Cole, current first associate concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, is to be concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, as of next season; he’ll also play with the orchestra occasionally this summer at Tanglewood. Cole … » Read

Succeeding Gemma New after nine years as music director of the Hamilton (Ont) Philharmonic will be French conductor James Kahane, 28. He starts next September. A graduate from the Sibelius Academy, Kahane is currently principal conductor of both … » Read

Concerts in the Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress this weekend and at the Morgan Library in Manhattan next week will reintroduce a piece composed in 1897 by Charles Martin Loeffler, who upon his death in 1935 was known as “the … » Read

The Greenville (SC) Symphony Orchestra has appointed Lee Mills to be its next music director, succeeding the 24-year reign of Edvard Tchivzhel, now taking the title of emeritus. Mills, a Solti career grant recipient, becomes the North Carolina … » Read

The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University has selected Miguel Harth-Bedoya as its next resident director of orchestras and professor of conducting. After spending the 2024-25 school year as designate, he will assume his full … » Read

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