As of July 1, 2024, the Opus 3 Berlin office will become Askonas Holt Berlin and will be headed by Alexander Hollensteiner, managing director of Kammerakademie Potsdam. Hollensteiner succeeds Jonathan Brill, who remains executive VP of Opus 3 … » Read

As part of his first Stateside tour as chief conductor of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (BRSO), which starts in Chicago on April 28 and concludes at Carnegie Hall on May 2 and 3, Sir Simon Rattle will be coming to  Philadelphia for … » Read

Japanese violinist Yuki Hirano , 19, placed first in the Vienna Classic Violin Competition on April 5 at the city’s Music and Arts University. A recent graduate of Tokyo’s Toho Gakeun College of Drama and Music, she takes home … » Read

The Brooklyn Museum of Art has selected Niles Luther as its first-ever composer-in-residence. The appointment, which is supported by a Ford Foundation fellowship, extends to November 2025 and calls for Luther to create original and/or art music … » Read

The City of Lahti in Finland has given Dalia Stasevska a one-year contract extension as principal conductor of the Lahti Symphony Orchestra, beginning in August 2024 and extending through July 2025. She has been in the position since 2021. Also … » Read

The Verve Label Group (VLG) has promoted Joseph Oerke to executive vice president of Decca Records US. He has been with the company for 16 years, and in his most recent position as senior vice president, marketing and artist strategy, helped the … » Read

CHICAGO—In 1582, four teenage boys—Mancio Ito, Miguel Chijiwa, Julião Nakaura, and Martinho Hara—left Nagasaki, and the only homeland they’d ever known, to travel across Europe and the Portuguese Empire. They … » Read

A ballet performance in South Korea featuring dancers from Russia's Bolshoi Ballet was cancelled abruptly, the organizers confirmed to AFP Tuesday, amid growing tensions between Seoul and Moscow over Ukraine and North Korea. The Russian embassy … » Read

Across its four on- and off-campus venues at U.C. Berkeley, Cal Performances in 2024-25 has a bounty of performances on offer, some at the cutting edge, others more traditional, all intriguing enough to entice even the most seasoned concert goer. … » Read

Berkshire Choral International, which offers weeklong summer workshops for amateur choristers in various locales—this year, four in the U.S., one in Vienna-- has announced new artistic leadership. Frank Nemhauser, who has served as music … » Read