Osmo Vänskä will exit as music director of the Minnesota Orchestra as of August 2022, at the expiration of his contract. He will have been in the position for 19 years. “I feel more than ever that the Minnesota Orchestra is my … » Read

In what on the surface looks long overdue, the New York chapter of the American Federation of Musicians—a.k.a. Local 802—has taken a giant step into the present by voting in new leadership. French horn player Adam Krauthamer, 37, was … » Read

The University of Michigan’s $100,000 M-Prize has played its swan song. The university’s School of Music, Theater & Dance said on Wednesday that funding for the annual chamber music competition had run out and that the third … » Read

Ian Cusson is to be the next composer-in-residence of the Canadian Opera Company Academy, a new artist development program launched by the COC in 2016. The Métis/French-Canadian Cusson succeeds current company-in-residence Against the … » Read

Clanging cowbells are cause for an ongoing legal skirmish between neighbors in Holzkirchen, a small town south of Munich, Germany. When a couple bought a large house in the fields on the edge of the town in 2011, they looked forward to a quiet … » Read

Esa-Pekka Salonen is to be the next music director of the San Francisco Symphony. The news arrives within 24 hours of the London Philharmonia’s announcement that he was stepping down at the close of 2020-21 after what, by then, will have … » Read

In announcing Esa-Pekka Salonen’s appointment as its new music director, the San Francisco Symphony and the conductor are clear that his tenure will not be business as usual. In his comments, orchestra CEO Mark C. Hanson noted that Salonen … » Read

Esa-Pekka Salonen is to exit his post as principal conductor and artistic advisor of the London Philharmonia at the end of the 2020-2021 season. He will have been with the orchestra since 2008, when he succeeded Christoph von Dohnányi. … » Read

Daniele Gatti, 57, has been appointed music director of Rome's Teatro dell'Opera. His three-year contract starts on January 1, and he will conduct at least three operas per season, including the current one. News of the appointment has been … » Read

Paul Lewis has stepped down as co-artistic director of the Leeds International Piano Competition after not quite three years in the job. His colleague Adam Gatehouse, also a three-year exec, is now the sole artistic director. The duo arrived … » Read