The League of American Orchestras has announced the creation of the Anne Parsons Leadership Program, a three-year pilot designed to mentor women and non-binary orchestra professionals in their career progression. “Anne Parsons was an … » Read

Becoming a conductor is an expensive proposition, not least because an aspiring maestro must eventually pay to practice in front of professional musicians. Last June, a small group of them, interested in acquiring conducting skills, gathered in a … » Read

On Jan. 13, Finnish composer and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen will lead the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra (NOSPR) and soloist Iveta Apkalna in the premiere of his Organ Concerto and the debut of one of the largest organs built in Europe … » Read

Chris Lorway, executive and artistic director of Stanford Live, the California university’s presenting series (200 performances/four venues), is to be the next president and CEO of the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, effective in … » Read

Jean Davidson, president and CEO of the Los Angeles Master Chorale since 2015, is to succeed Gary Ginstling as executive director of the National Symphony Orchestra, effective April 1. Ginstling is the new executive director of the New York … » Read

The Prototype Festival makes reputations more for creators than for performers, the latest being Emma O’Halloran, an emerging Irish composer here shown to be an important new voice. Her double bill, Trade/Mary Motorhead, a coproduction … » Read

Musicians of the Fort Wayne (IN) Philharmonic, who launched their first strike ever last month , cancelling all holiday concerts, are citing management’s  “belligerence” in putting forward a “best and final” … » Read

The Royal Albert Hall has appointed James Ainscough as its new chief executive officer, effective in the late spring of 2023. He succeeds Craig Hassall, who s tepped down on December 16, 2022 to become president and chief executive of Playhouse … » Read

Since 2016 a train linking Berlin to the southwestern city of Wroclaw in Poland has offered more than 80,000 passengers the opportunity to pay only €19 ($20) to encounter writers, musicians, creative artists, a library, and a permanent … » Read

Lydia Tár, the conducting phenomenon at the core of the eponymous motion picture , doesn’t exist. But she bears a remarkable resemblance to Marin Alsop, the real world’s most famous female conductor. Alsop, however, is quick to … » Read