After a two-year search the Delaware Symphony Orchestra has tapped Argentine-Italian conductor Michelle Di Russo to be its next music director. She succeeds David Amado, who stepped down in 2023 after 20 years in the job. He is now titled … » Read

Maestro Arts has added two conductors to its roster. Pablo González [pictured] was most recently principal conductor and artistic adviser for Spanish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra (RTVE). While known for his command of the … » Read

Wagnerian voices take time to mature, and even when they do, the lead roles tend to be monopolized by a handful of established stars. It was therefore both a surprise and a pleasure earlier this year to encounter a fully formed Brünnhilde … » Read

Michael Tilson Thomas’s 80 th birthday celebration on April 26 was preceded by an understated protest by the orchestra’s musicians, who have been engaged in a tense contract tug-of-war with management since November of 2022. The … » Read

LONDON—Spring is in the air in London and so is orchestral music courtesy of Multitudes, the ten-day multidisciplinary arts festival at the Southbank Centre. Underway since April 23, the event is presenting nine orchestras, many of them SBC … » Read

The Cleveland Orchestra is updating its conducting team next season, as Associate Conductor Daniel Reith ends his three-year term and is succeeded by Taichi Fukumura as assistant conductor , while James Feddeck becomes principal conductor and … » Read

The Wichita Symphony Orchestra and the Wichita Musicians’ Association, Local No. 297 of the American Federation of Musicians, have agreed to a new three-year collective bargaining agreement. It takes effect on July 1, 2025 and extends … » Read

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.— What transpired in Sioux Falls last weekend was a testament to the power of words. In 2022, New Yorker music critic Alex Ross praised the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra (SDSO) as “bolder and savvier in its … » Read

On April 29, three days after the season’s final concert, the Southwest Florida Symphony (SFS) announced it was closing permanently at the end of June. The 64-year-old organization, comprised of 70 musicians (whose contract does not provide … » Read

A gift from David and Amy Fulton and The Tuscan Corporation has enabled the Library of Congress to add the historic 1690 Tuscan-Medici viola by Antonio Stradivari to its world-renowned instrument collection. Valued at about $30 million and … » Read