Alan D. Valentine will retire in July as CEO of the Nashville Symphony after a transformative, near-30-year tenure. His impending exit has prompted the orchestra to entice Leonard Slatkin to move from music advisor to music director, effective … » Read

Iván Fischer, leading his Budapest Festival Orchestra on February 6 in the first of two Carnegie Hall concerts, began the evening with a droll surprise. The billed program-opener was Summa by Arvo Pärt, current holder of … » Read

The Boston Symphony Orchestra has appointed two new assistant conductors, adding to a roster whose alumni include Michael Tilson Thomas, Robert Spano, Thomas Dausgaard, and more of same since Seiji Ozawa established the program in 1986. Each of … » Read

Midway through its 79 th year, the Portland Chamber Orchestra (PCO) has dissolved, canceling the season’s last two concerts scheduled for Beaverton, OR. A statement on the orchestra's website provides no reason, but thanks “all those … » Read

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) and Music Director Jader Bignamini have appointed four new players, including principal second violin Jiamin Wang  [pictured] who has been playing in the first section since 2013. She graduated from … » Read

Music Director Manfred Honeck launches his 19 th season as music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra on Sept. 26 with Lang Lang performing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor— a true opening gala program. Over the … » Read

Just on the heels of matching the final $25M (and then some) of a challenge grant, Dallas Opera General Director and CEO Ian Derrer will leave his post of eight years to take on the same role with the Canadian Opera Company (COC) as of July 1. … » Read

VIENNA—Have you ever wondered what it would be like to die and go to Baroque heaven? The audience at this February 4 concert performance of Handel’s Giulio Cesare in Egitto at Theater an der Wien got a pretty good idea, as zesty … » Read

Since 2014, Opera Ithaca, a self-styled “little company that could” located in upstate New York, has presented operas ranging from the classics— Don Giovanni , Die Fledermaus , The Abduction from the Seraglio , Cenerentola , … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO—The emcee and narrator of the January 31 Jewish Nightlife program at Temple Emanu—El made the show’s agenda explicit from the outset. This is not, said Francesco Spagnolo, an evening about Jewish Music, but rather … » Read