The fourth iteration of the International Conducting Competition for Chinese Music concluded in Hong Kong on July 27. First organized in 2011 by Yan Huichang, artistic director and principal conductor for life of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra … » Read

NEW YORK — Anna Netrebko’s lawsuit against the Metropolitan Opera was narrowed to gender discrimination claims by a federal judge, who agreed to dismiss the star soprano’s allegations of defamation, breach of contract and … » Read

The Royal Swedish Opera has selected Tobias Theorell as the company’s new artistic director. He follows Michael Cavanagh, who passed away earlier this year after joining the company in 2021 . Theorell will assume his new responsibilities in … » Read

Polish countertenor Jakub Jozef Orlinski has been awarded the Gold Gloria Artis Medal for Merit in Culture [pictured] from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland. He received the medal after his recital at the Museum of Interiors … » Read

Beginning with the fall semester of 2025, Oberlin College and Conservatory will add a bachelor of music in musical theater to its degree offerings. Victoria Bussert , current program director of music theater at Baldwin Wallace University, will … » Read

Lee Anne Myslewski [pictured] has been elected to serve as the new board chair of OPERA America through June 30, 2025, completing the term of Susan G. Marineau following her resignation due to health reasons. Myslewski, OPERA America’s vice … » Read

Giancarlo Guerrero, current music director of the Nashville Symphony, is to take the same post with the Sarasota (FL) Orchestra, first as designate, next season, then in the role officially as of fall 2025. The 55-year-old Nicaraguan native has … » Read

More longtime Chicago Symphony Orchestra players are retiring. While trombonist Jay Friedman will leave at the end of next season , percussionist James Ross and cellist Loren Brown will make their official exits this summer; Brown has in fact … » Read

HIGHLAND PARK, IL—The lecture-recital needle is a tough one to thread. Go too broad, and the lecturer risks condescending to listeners. Go too narrow, and the program ends up sounding like a paper talk at a musicology conference. Pianist … » Read

The Nashville Symphony has hired Jeff vom Saal as its chief operating officer (COO), effective in September. Vom Saal was for eight years the executive director of the Spokane (WA) Symphony, the most recent of a number of management positions … » Read