The Cleveland Orchestra has cancelled its tour to Israel, the first to that nation by an American orchestra since 2018, due to the war against Hamas. The tour was to include three performances, one each in Haifa, Tel Aviv, and Jerusalem, of … » Read

Canadian conductor Jacques Lacombe, 60, is the new music director of the Vancouver Opera, succeeding Jonathan Darlington, music director emeritus since 2018. Earlier this year Lacombe was tapped as artistic director and principal conductor of the … » Read

According to plan, Opera Philadelphia’s 2023 annual fall festival was more modest than in years’ past. The ten-day event featured three productions, mixing the traditional with the contemporary, as well as cabaret performances and … » Read

The negative impact of Brexit on the music industry in the U.K. has been well-documented. Most recently an August report from the Independent Society of Musicians (ISM) found that 27.8 percent of musicians had not worked in Europe since Brexit; … » Read

LONDON—There’s a distinct feeling of change in the air at the London Symphony Orchestra, although Antonio Pappano is still a year away from officially taking up his new role as chief conductor. His first three programs as designate … » Read

Colin Michael Brush is the new director of the Sarah and Ernest Butler Houston Grand Opera Studio. He succeeds Brian Speck, in the position since 2015, and comes to Houston from ADA Artists/UIA Talent in Berlin, where he managed a roster of … » Read

The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, est. 2017 and self-defined as “the only school of music in the UC system,” has launched a new BA in Music Industry. The degree program, launched this fall, builds on what has only been offered as … » Read

In September of 2024, Joshua Weilerstein will succeed Alexandre Bloch as music director of the Orchestre de Lille. The 36-year-old American maestro, a virtuoso violinist as well, is also the newly appointed chief conductor of the Aalborg Symphony … » Read

On Nov. 2, the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music will officially open its new Knight Center for Music Innovation with a gala celebrating “Shaping the Future of Music.” The Center, a $36.5 million, 25,000-sq.-ft. hub … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO—Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen turned to his left on the Davies Hall podium and waved a flattened hand in the air, eliciting a gently rippling bell-like melody. It wasn’t produced by the players before him, but rather by … » Read