The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) has grouped its fundraising, marketing, technology, and patron services together under the newly created post of Senior VP and Chief Strategy Officer. Jennifer Barton, with the BSO since 2020, takes the … » Read

Nathalie Stutzmann’s former manager Gaetan Le Divelec is to be VP of Artistic Planning and Operations at the New Jersey Symphony as of Nov. 1. He arrives from the Atlanta Symphony, where he took the same job not long after Stutzmann arrived … » Read

The Hamilton Philharmonic (Ontario, Canada) has renewed Music Director James S. Kahane ’s contract for three years to June 2030. He succeeded Gemma New in 2025 . Born in Paris, the conductor, 31, trained at the Sibelius Academy under the … » Read

Yannick Nézet-Séguin—music director of the Metropolitan Opera, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Orchestre Métropolitain, honorary member/guest conductor of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe—has launched a … » Read

Opera director Bruno Ravella has joined Askonas Holt for international general management. Ravella’s vast international portfolio includes the Lyric Opera of Chicago, to which he returns this season for Ariadne auf Naxos; other operas on … » Read

The Berlin State Opera (aka Staatsoper Unter den Linden) has solidified its leadership team with contract extensions for both General Director Elisabeth Sobotka and General Music Director Christian Thielemann through July 31, 2034. At the new … » Read

After eight months on the job, Christy Tanner, the president and CEO of New York Public Radio, is leaving the organization. She brought to the post extensive experience in corporate and digital media, including as the executive vice president and … » Read

Martina Arroyo, who reigned as an international star soprano for over two decades, died on October 13 at her home in Manhattan. She was 90. One of the first high-profile Black opera singers, she was known for the great spinto roles in opera … » Read

Armenian soprano Marianna Hovanisyan  has joined Intermusica for worldwide general management. An alumna of Jette Parker Artists’ Program at the Royal Ballet & Opera, Covent Garden, she appears there this season as Pamina in  … » Read

Rick Canny [pictured], manager of the Burbank, California-based music management company Favor the Artist, is the new artistic director for The Kennedy Center. His predecessor came and left within two weeks in January. Canny has been a consultant … » Read