Nathalie Stutzmann’s former manager Gaetan Le Divelec is to be VP of Artistic Planning and Operations at the New Jersey Symphony as of Nov. 1. He arrives from the Atlanta Symphony, where he took the same job not long after Stutzmann arrived … » Read

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) has grouped its fundraising, marketing, technology, and patron services together under the newly created post of Senior VP and Chief Strategy Officer. Jennifer Barton, with the BSO since 2020, takes the … » Read

An unfair labor practice charge filed on Oct. 13 with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) by the musicians of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra (DPO) alleges that the Dayton Performing Arts Alliance (DPAA) has refused to bargain in good … » Read

The Hamilton Philharmonic (Ontario, Canada) has renewed Music Director James S. Kahane ’s contract for three years to June 2030. He succeeded Gemma New in 2025 . Born in Paris, the conductor, 31, trained at the Sibelius Academy under the … » Read

The Yellow Tie , a new biopic in which John Malkovich plays the legendary Romanian conductor Sergiu Celibidache, has reminded Ivan Hewett that “the fascination with these ‘monsters of the podium’ hasn’t gone away.” … » Read

Yannick Nézet-Séguin—music director of the Metropolitan Opera, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Orchestre Métropolitain, honorary member/guest conductor of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe—has launched a … » Read

The Berlin State Opera (aka Staatsoper Unter den Linden) has solidified its leadership team with contract extensions for both General Director Elisabeth Sobotka and General Music Director Christian Thielemann through July 31, 2034. At the new … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — Kirill Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic will be on the move. A renovation is planned for the Philharmonie , its home since 1963, and is likely to displace the orchestra from 2032-40. “It’s a huge challenge to … » Read

Opera director Bruno Ravella has joined Askonas Holt for international general management. Ravella’s vast international portfolio includes the Lyric Opera of Chicago, to which he returns this season for Ariadne auf Naxos; other operas on … » Read

NEW YORK (AP)—The setting is a graveyard. Almost all the characters are dead. And then there’s Abraham Lincoln, alive but paralyzed by grief over the death of his 11-year-old son. If that capsule description makes Lincoln in the Bardo … » Read