The Ojai Music Festival’s music director for the 2023 edition will be composer, singer, fiddle and banjo player Rhiannon Giddens. Festival Artistic and Executive Director Ara Guzelimian announced today that the quadruple-threat artist had … » Read

French conductor Nathalie Stutzmann, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s new music director, has brought along a close French-born advisor and colleague to be her artistic right-hand. He is Gaetan Le Divelec, her former artist manager, newly … » Read

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) and Opus 3 Artists have introduced the Artist Apprentice Program, a mentorship pairing seasoned managers with an outstanding early-career musician and a support network specific to the artist’s … » Read

Up-and-coming Norwegian conductor Daniel Reith is to be The Cleveland Orchestra’s next assistant conductor, as of next season. He will also serve as music director of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra. Reith succeeds current associate … » Read

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s MusicNOW concert on May 23 ended the 24 th iteration of its new music series on a high note. Curated by  Mead Composer-in-Residence Jessie Montgomery, the season began with a program devoted to … » Read

Robert Ainsley, director of the Cafritz Young Artists Program and the American Opera Initiative at the Washington National Opera (WNO), is to be the next artistic and general director of the Glimmerglass Festival. He will be succeeding his … » Read

The Pavel Haas Quartet , now in its 20 th -anniversary season, has signed with Kirshbaum Associates for North American representation. Founded in 2002 by violinist Veronika Jarušková and violist Pavel Nikl, the group is comprised of … » Read

On May 21 the National Opera of Ukraine resumed performing in Kyiv, despite the ongoing war with Russia. On offer was Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia , which received a 10-minute standing ovation at the final curtain. The theater, which … » Read

Yura Lee is to be the new principal viola of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. A member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Boston Chamber Music Society, and a chamber participant in festivals from Marlboro to Salzburg, she has been … » Read

The Cleveland Orchestra (TCO) has announced its 105 th season, Franz Welser-Möst's 21st as music director. It extends from September 2022 to May 2023, with 20 artists making house debuts and 13 works new to TCO’s repertoire, including … » Read