Finnish conductor Tarmo Peltokoski, 22, another of Jorma Panula’s proteges from the Sibelius Academy, is to be the next music director of Orchester National du Capitole de Toulouse. He’ll start September 2024 as designate, followed a … » Read

Violinist Curtis Stewart, also a composer and genre-bending improvisor, is to succeed composer Derek Bermel as artistic director of the American Composers Orchestra;  Bermel announced his intention to step down last September. A graduate of … » Read

In the wake of the news that the Philly Pops plans to cease operation s, 95 percent of the Pops union musicians voted on Dec. 11 to strike unless the Pops owner Encore Series Inc negotiates in good faith. “There is no reason to stonewall … » Read

A snow fall during a performance of a Christmas concert at Glyndebourne on Dec. 11 led to an extended afternoon for many of the 1,200 concertgoers. “Sunday's Christmas concert turned out to be rather more festive than we had … » Read

Some 36 years after its founding, the last 30 of them with the same personnel, the Orion String Quartet will retire at the close of the 2023-24 season with a concert at the Chamber Music Society (CMS) of Lincoln Center. The news arrives slightly … » Read

The orchestra world has two new finance chiefs, one in Los Angeles and one in New York. Glenn Briffa [pictured] has been installed as CFO of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, having served as interim since July, when he succeeded Karen Sturges, in … » Read

The Salzburg Festival has announced plans for its 2023 six-week, midsummer calendar of more than 200 performances of operas, spoken drama, orchestra concerts, and recitals. The program has been constructed, explains Markus Hinterhäuser, the … » Read

This season is contralto-cum-conductor Nathalie Stutzmann’s first as music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and has thus far drawn an ambivalent response from the local music critic. Her third appearance on the podium—for a … » Read

At 26, Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä, who made his New York Philharmonic debut last week, is a year older than Leonard Bernstein was when he first appeared with the orchestra, as a replacement for Bruno Walter in a broadcast … » Read

The gloom and doom that is currently pervading much of the opera world has failed to reach Canadian shores, where the Canadian Opera Company reported an average mainstage attendance rate of 94 percent for the 2021-22 season. “I … » Read