Singaporean conductor Kahchun Wong has signed with HarrisonParrott for general management. The 2016 winner of the Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition, he recently completed his final season as Nürnberger Symphoniker’s chief conductor … » Read

London’s Chineke! Orchestra, the first majority Black and ethnically diverse orchestra in Europe, made a notable debut in 2017 at the BBC Proms and two years later received the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Gamechanger Award. A recent … » Read

Sustaining a career as a professional classical musician is difficult under any circumstance. As “Bittersweet Symphony,” a new report suggests, it is exponentially more so if you are a parent or a caregiver for an older or disabled … » Read

In a recent Zoom press conference with U.S. media, Berlin Philharmonic Music Director Kirill Petrenko thought back to the spring of 2020, when his first season as chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic was abruptly stopped by the coronavirus … » Read

Fort Worth Opera will lose its third general director in recent years; Afton Battle, in the post since 2020, has resigned as of next month. She succeeded Tuomas Hiltunen, in the job two years , who succeeded Darren K. Woods, who was fired in … » Read

Intermusica Artist Management, now in its 40 th year, with offices in London, Munich, Vienna, and Berlin, has added two staff members to work with its growing roster. Nathan Morrison is the new associate director of the Vocal and Opera … » Read

The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) will be disbursing almost $32mn in funds to 1,032 arts organizations throughout the state. Grants are based on applications submitted in September 2021 for a peer review process and final approval by … » Read

At the request of Matthias Schulz, who will become intendant and artistic director of the Zurich Opera House in the 2025-26 season, the organization has extended the contract of Gianandrea Noseda as general music director for an additional three … » Read

Carol Becker will step down as dean of Columbia University’s School of the Arts at the end of this academic year. The announcement came today in a letter from President Lee C. Bollinger. In the top job since 2007, she’ll remain on the … » Read

STOCKHOLM--Cellist and humanitarian Yo-Yo Ma was presented with the 2022 Birgit Nilsson Prize by Swedish King Karl XVI Gustav at a gala award ceremony here on October 18. Ma is the fifth recipient of the prize and the first solo instrumentalist. … » Read