Shira Samules-Shragg , current assistant conductor of the Spokane and Plano (TX) symphonies, is to take the same title as of next season with the Dallas Symphony. She succeeds Maurice Cohn in the two-year position. Described by the DSO as … » Read

With the end of its 50 th -anniversary season approaching in June, the Kronos Quartet—having morphed in the last half-century from zany, experimental string quartet to zany experimental pantheon of contemporary music—will undergo a 50 … » Read

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) has selected British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason as its 2024 MAC Music Innovator, a year-long residency created to provide a high-visibility platform for Black classical musicians who demonstrate artistic … » Read

Plenty of violinists eager to make a name for themselves choose virtuoso fireworks in their inaugural public offerings. Sarah Saviet has chosen an alternate route in her clutch of recent recordings. That’s not to say pieces like A Coiled … » Read

British conductor Dame Jane Glover is to be the next principal guest conductor of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, beginning Aug. 1, 2025. She follows Kevin John Edusei, who was appointed in the 2022-23 season to succeed Robert Spano when he … » Read

The Hawaii Opera Theatre (HOT) has tapped Elizabeth Askren as the first principal guest conductor in its more than 60-year history. Askren, a master teacher at both the Dallas Opera’s Hart Institute for Women Conductors and at the Paris … » Read

Jan Latham-Koenig, a conductor of international repute, has admitted to arranging sex acts with an undercover police officer he believed was a teenager. Arrested in January , Latham-Koenig last week pled guilty to intentionally arranging or … » Read

Norwegian cellist-turned-conductor Tabita Berglund is to be the principal guest conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra as of next fall. She made her U.S. debut with this orchestra in January 2023 and, clearly, it went well. Berglund, 35, … » Read

The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France has named Jaap van Zweden to succeed Mikko Franck as music director, effective in 2026-27. Franck will have been in the job ten years. Van Zweden is currently completing his final season at the … » Read

On Feb. 19 Dennis Rooney died at his home in Delray Beach, FL. He was 82. Over a 60-year career, Rooney gained a reputation among classical music lovers for his work in broadcasting, recorded-sound production, criticism, and scholarship. He began … » Read