Sir Antonio Pappano’s inaugural season as chief conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra launches on Sept. 11 with the world premiere of Sir James Macmillan’s Concerto for Orchestra, an LSO commission. The orchestra will offer 51 … » Read

Alison Balsom recognizes that her status as a much-in-demand trumpet soloist is a bit of an anomaly. “Historically,” she writes in The Guardian , “it has been more unusual for women to play brass instruments, due to … » Read

Next season marks Thomas Søndergård’s second as music director of the Minnesota Orchestra, and he’ll be on the podium for 12 programs that collectively introduce 13 works new to the ensemble’s repertoire. Many of … » Read

Every spring, the Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival in southern France invites a different phalanx to perform one or other of Bach’s completed Passions. This Good Friday it was the turn of the Swiss baroque orchestra La Cetra to perform the … » Read

The doom and gloom surrounding the San Francisco Symphony since Esa-Pekka Salonen announced he would not renew his contract, due in large measure to the ensemble’s dire financial situation, has left some devotees searching for what Joshua … » Read

When climate protesters interrupted a performance by the Bavarian State Orchestra at the Lucerne Festival last September, conductor Vladimir Jurowski did something that, while unexpected, was fully in keeping with his belief that music ought not … » Read

Kedrick Armstrong is to succeed the late Michael Morgan as music director of the Oakland Symphony, effective immediately. Armstrong, who last led the orchestra in February in the premiere of Carlos Simon’s Here I Stand , is the 29-year-old … » Read

BOSTON--What do Wagner’s Rienzi, Verdi’s Giovanna D’Arco, Saint-Saens’s Henry VIII , Mascagni’s Zanetto , and Castelnovo-Tedesco’s The Importance of Being Earnest have in common besides obscurity? The answer is … » Read

Charlie Rosmarin has joined the Philadelphia Orchestra as associate principal percussion. With four years at the New World Symphony, Rosmarin has performed with the major orchestras of Boston, Houston, Atlanta, San Francisco, and New York, among … » Read

Why does “one of the finest flutists in the country, if not the world” decide to step aside from her dream job as principal flute with the Boston Symphony Orchestra before her 50th birthday? It’s not because she was pushed out, … » Read