Louise Herron, CEO of the Sydney Opera House for the past 14 years, will step down on August 6.  She is credited with overseeing the largest program of capital works since the building opened in 1973. . In January 2020, the iconic concert … » Read

Christopher Thompsonhas won The San Francisco Symphony's sixth annual Emerging Black Composers Project (EBCP) award. Renamed the Michael Morgan Prize in 2023 in honor of the longtime Oakland Symphony music director, the award carries a $15,000 … » Read

Sarah Ioannides has concluded her 12-year tenure as music director of Symphony Tacoma and been named its music director laureate. Credited with “visionary leadership and artistic excellence,” Ioannides expanded and diversified … » Read

Sir Stephen Hough, the acclaimed British concert pianist, composer, and writer, has been appointed artistic director and jury chair for the 2027 Leeds International Piano Competition. Calling the 2027 competition a “defining moment,” … » Read

The LA Phil has named Ben Ullery as its new Principal Viola; he succeeds Teng Li, who held the position for six years before she joined the Chicago Symphony in June 2024 . Ullery has enjoyed a steady progression through the orchestra’s … » Read

Sara Aldana has been selected as the new assistant conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra for a one-year term that begins on Sept. 1, 2026. She succeeds Naomi Woo, who has served in the position since 2024 and will appear as a guest conductor … » Read

American mezzo-soprano Mignon Dunn died on June 28 in Colorado Springs, CO, at age 98. Born in 1928 in Memphis and raised on a cotton plantation in northeastern Arkansas, she grew up listening to the Metropolitan Opera’s Saturday matinee … » Read

The offstage manner of the Estel Vivó Casanovas is modest and calm, but with an instrument in her hands, the 24-year-old Spanish saxophonist becomes a warrior. You can see it in the video of her winning performance at the 2025 Young … » Read

Alex Ross, arguably the most influential music critic of his generation, is leaving his beat. Staff writer and critic at the New Yorker since 1996, he has posted notice on his blog, The Rest Is Noise . “For thirty years, I’ve had the … » Read

Marcus Thompson, the celebrated violist who has been artistic director of Boston Chamber Music Society (BCMS) for the past 17 years, has announced that he will step down at the end of the chamber group's 44 th season next June. Lauded by one … » Read