German conductor Aurel Dawidiuk , 24, is to be the next general music director of the Bochumer Symphoniker in North Rhine-Westphalia. He starts his new job on August 1, 2026, when the current artistic chief, Tung-Chieh Chuang, exits. Dawidiuk is … » Read

In an unusual move, the Henry H. Stambaugh Auditorium Association has acquired the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra (YSO). The ensemble gave its first concerts there in 1929, and for the next four decades performed at Stambaugh. Then, from 1969 … » Read

Chamber Music America, the national network for small ensemble professionals, has acquired CelloBello, a nonprofit that offers free and accessible music education resources to the cello and chamber music community. The acquisition of … » Read

The Broadway musicians of Local 802 AFM and the producers of the Broadway League have reached an agreement, thereby avoiding a work stoppage by the former that could potentially have darkened most of Broadway. “United in solidarity, Local … » Read

From 2022 to 2025, the Irish government ran a pilot program that provided a weekly stipend of €325 (£283) to 2,000 artists and creatives. Now the government has decided to make the program permanent. This decision is at odds with … » Read

Alan Fletcher, longtime CEO of the Aspen Music Festival and School, will exit his position to become president emeritus as of January 1, 2027.  Robert Spano, whom Fletcher takes credit for hiring as music director in 2011 (after David Zinman … » Read

Ukrainian conductor Olha Dondyk , 21, has joined the roster of HarrisonParrott for worldwide general management. She was previously with Interartists in Amsterdam. Dondyk is the assistant conductor of the Orchestre de Paris under Klaus … » Read

American Eric Lu won the gold medal and €60,000 at the XIX International Chopin Competition in Warsaw on Monday. The 28-year-old artist bested ten other finalists from seven countries in an event that Ivan Hewett, classical music critic for … » Read

The Mann Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park will henceforth be known as the Highmark Mann, in recognition of the Pittsburgh-based insurance company’s purchase of naming rights for an undisclosed sum. The … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — Misty Copeland hangs up her pointe shoes tonight, putting a final exclamation point on a trailblazing career in which she became an ambassador for diversity in the very white world of ballet—and a crossover star far … » Read