Moon Doh [pictured] is the new assistant conductor of the Pacific Symphony, working under Artistic & Music Director Alexander Shelley to oversee education and family programming and serve as Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra music director. He … » Read

Chi-chi Nwanoku, the double bassist who founded and served as artistic director of the Chineke! Orchestra for the past 11 years has left the organization. The group has made impressive strides since its founding, touring Europe, playing the BBC … » Read

Vijay Gupta [pictured] and Stephanie Muñoz are to be scholars-in-residence at the New England Conservatory’s Institute for Teaching Artistry in the current academic year. The pair will serve as both academic and community engagement … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s less than a 40-minute walk uptown to the Metropolitan Opera House from where Heartbeat Opera got its humble start in a yoga studio. But for Louisa Proske, it’s been an artistic journey years in the making. … » Read

Elim Chan, San Francisco Symphony music director designate, has added two programs to her upcoming season with the orchestra, one of them replacing Music Director Laureate Herbert Blomstedt, who has been advised by his doctors not to travel. The … » Read

One of Deborah Sandler Kemper’s last acts as CEO and general director of the Lyric Opera of Kansas City (LOKC) may well prove to be the most important achievement of her tenure. For the state’s FY 2025 budget, a year in which the … » Read

Kristina Hammer, president of the Salzburg Festival, has announced the appointment of Belgian director Peter de Caluwe, 63, as the new artistic director of the annual prestigious event. He succeeds Markus Hinterhäuser, who left the post in … » Read

Jherrard Hardeman, a former Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) assistant conductor, filed suit in May against the orchestra and the University of Rochester, accusing the RPO of breach of contract and alleging both institutions defamed him … » Read

San Francisco Symphony will launch an annual festival with a focus on core repertoire starting in 2028-29, with Pittsburgh Symphony Music Director Manfred Honeck as its official director. The new, five-year appointment calls for him to conduct at … » Read

Matthew  Epstein, among the most powerful managers of vocal artists before retiring from CAMI in 2010, has been recruited by Dallas Opera General Director and CEO David Lomeli as senior artistic advisor. Like Lomeli in recent years, Epstein … » Read