On Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago located above the Arctic Circle, plans are underway to create the Global Music Vault (GMV). Deep within the same mountain that houses the Global Seed Vault (also known as the Dooms Day Vault), capsules of … » Read

Andrés Orozco-Estrada is to be the new general music director of the City of Cologne as of 2025, assuming responsibility for the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne and the Cologne Opera. He succeeds François-Xavier Roth, in the job … » Read

Like pre-draft NFL quarterbacks jumping from team to team, conductors on the music directorship carousel elicit much speculation. Take Susanna Mälkki, for instance. She’s much admired, especially as a deeply experienced middle-aged … » Read

The legacy of the late composer/conductor Pierre Boulez lives on, most notably through the Ensemble Intercontemporain, the esteemed new-music chamber group he founded in 1976. It arrived at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall on March 25 with a concert … » Read

The Vienna Symphony has tapped 33-year-old French conductor Marie Jacquot as its new principal guest conductor with the start of the 2023/24 season. She debuted with the ensemble in 2020 for several "Living Room Concerts" during the pandemic, and … » Read

Having slogged through seven performances of Lohengrin in one month at the Metropolitan Opera, the last of which was March 28, Yannick Nézet-Séguin has withdrawn from all four of this weekend’s concerts with the Philadelphia … » Read

LONDON— Things to Come , H.G. Wells’s vision of global warfare and dream of mankind’s quest for the stars, is a remarkable thing. Realized as a 1936 black and white movie by producer Alexander Korda, with a blisteringly dramatic … » Read

CHICAGO—Leave it to Yuval Sharon + to make Lyric Opera of Chicago’s most daring project in decades even more daring. Four years ago, Renée Fleming, the company’s then-creative consultant, assigned three … » Read

Emma Stenning is to be the new chief executive of The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) as of April 3, 2023. She succeeds Stephen Maddock, who leaves after almost 24 years to become principal at the Royal Birmingham Conservatory. Her … » Read

Scott Showalter will not renew his contract as president and CEO of the Oregon Symphony when it ends June 30, but he has agreed to stay on until a successor is chosen. Afterward, he will take on the new role of  “executive … » Read