On July 8 the Boston Symphony launched its first full Tanglewood season since 2019. On the podium was Music Director Andris Nelsons, and on the program were Opening Prayer , a brief work by Leonard Bernstein written for the reopening of Carnegie … » Read

Tracing the length and breadth of noteworthy changes in music is an assignment for only the most discerning of writers. Stuart Isacoff--pianist/ musicologist/cultural archeologist—proves well up to the task in his remarkable collection of … » Read

The Seiji Ozawa Music Academy, est. 2000, has appointed Venezuelan conductor Diego Matheuz (pictured) , 38, as the first-ever principal conductor of its orchestra. Matheuz arrives after being principal conductor of the Teatro La Fenice, principal … » Read

Rejection is a part of life for a classical musician, so when Jeri Lynne Johnson  failed to get a job as the conductor for a regional orchestra 17 years ago, she was ready to take the setback in stride. Until she discovered the reason. A … » Read

Maureen Zoltek, assistant conductor, vocal coach, and orchestral keyboardist for the San Francisco Opera, is to be the next music director of the HGO (Houston Grand Opera) Studio, starting next fall. She’ll be working with Studio Director … » Read

Walter Pierce, credited with making the Celebrity Series of Boston into one of the key presenting organizations in the U.S., died on July 7 at the age of 91. He first came to what was then called the Boston University Celebrity series in the … » Read

The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association has announced the seven musicians who will participate in two fellowship programs for the 2022-23 season. Since 2009, the Dudamel Fellowship Program has selected promising young conductors to work with the … » Read

As the new music director of the Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra, Mélisse Brunet becomes the fifth person and first woman to hold the position in the ensemble’s 61-year history. She succeeds Scott Terrell after a search that was … » Read

Joseph Young [pictured] has renewed his contract as music director of the Berkeley Symphony through 2024-25, having i nitially signed on in April 2019 , just three months after leading the ensemble as a last-minute replacement. Berkeley marked … » Read

The San Francisco Symphony (SFS) has been without a CEO for nearly a year, and has had no chief financial officer since January. Last week, a number of administrative shifts led to further staff reductions. Chief among these is the merging of the … » Read