Memphis Symphony Orchestra Music Director Robert Moody has selected Kyle Dickson [pictured] to be the orchestra’s new assistant conductor, calling him “a rising star” in conducting and education. Dickson will lead in-school … » Read

At 69, András Schiff has built a storied career as one of his generation’s most accomplished pianists. As he prepares for performances this weekend at the Proms with the Budapest Festival Orchestra and conductor Iván Fischer, … » Read

Polish conductor Grzegorz Nowak [pictured], permanent associate conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra since 2015, is to succeed Yoshikazu Fukumura as music director and principal conductor of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO). … » Read

SANTA FE, NM—Though its first performance was in 1607, L’Orfeo is filling the new-commission slot for this summer’s Santa Fe Opera season. The company asked Nico Muhly, whose own operas have been staged by the Met, to … » Read

In a letter issued to Cleveland Institute of Music staff, faculty, and board members, Dean Southern, acting Tiitle IX coordinator & VP of academic and student affairs, reports that Title IX allegations against Carlos Kalmar, the … » Read

Despite the ongoing legal standoff between POKC (Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center, Inc.) and the Philly Pops, this upcoming Christmas season Verizon Hall will host A Very Philly Christmas , nine holiday pops concerts from Dec. 1 to Dec. … » Read

After three decades, the Goldner String Quartet will play its final concert at the end of next season, on Aug. 5, 2024. The venue for the group’s swan song—the Australian Festival of Chamber Music—is thoroughly appropriate: the … » Read

South Korean conductor Hankyeol Yoon, 29, has won the Herbert von Karajan Young Conductors Award, a biannual competition whose latest iteration took place last weekend at the Salzburg Festival. He was among the 323 candidates from 54 countries … » Read

The opening of the three-week Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) on Aug. 5 marked two significant “firsts” for the 76-year-old event. The appointment of violinist Nicola Benedetti as director this past March meant that this season … » Read

HarrisonParrott has signed two new artists, one of them new to management, the other having had several, even though he’s only 22 years old. That would be Swedish-Belarusian violinist Daniel Lozakovich, a recent member of a piano trio at … » Read