Latvian violinist Vineta Sareika-Völkner [pictured], a member of the Berlin Philharmonic since last May, has won the audition to be one of the orchestra’s three first concertmasters starting next season. She will be the first woman to … » Read

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra is celebrating its one-hundredth anniversary with a busy season at home, but on Monday evening (Feb. 13) the locus of festivities shifted to Carnegie Hall for the orchestra’s first appearance there in 12 … » Read

Alan Gilbert has secured his niche. The NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra has renewed his contract to 2029, by which time he will have been at its artistic helm for ten years, capping a relationship that began in 2001 as a guest, continued as … » Read

Brexit has put a damper on Britain’s creative industries, narrowing opportunities abroad and at home for everything from motion pictures, audio books, and video games to music, theater, and dance. The creative industries account for six … » Read

The $100mn expansion of Powell Hall , the home of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) since the mid-1960s, has forced the ensemble to find temporary quarters until the renovation is completed in 2025. So the 2023-24 season will be split … » Read

Riccardo Muti, currently in his 13 th and final season at the artistic helm of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, will apparently remain close by in 2023-24, conducting three programs in Orchestra Hall, including the opening concerts, September … » Read

At the conclusion of the May Festival’s 2023-24 season, Robert Porco will retire as director of choruses after 35 years and assume emeritus status. In response, May Festival Music Director Laureate James Conlon said, “Of the many … » Read

French conductor Samy Rachid is to succeed Anna Rakitina as one of two Boston Symphony Orchestra assistant conductors. He starts his two-year term under Music Director Andris Nelsons next fall and makes his debut conducting the BSO at Tanglewood … » Read

The Joffrey Ballet’s Anna Karenina , which opened at Chicago’s Civic Opera House on Feb. 15, took five years to create. Commissioned in 2014 from choreographer Yuri Possokhov, a former star at the Bolshoi Ballet, the work’s … » Read

Oregon Ballet Theater, approaching its 35 th anniversary and including a school with an enrollment of over 300, has named choreographer Danielle (Dani) Rowe as its next artistic director, effective presently. She succeeds Peter Franc, who has … » Read