On July 1 Chandler Johnson will begin his tenure as artistic director of the Dayton Opera, with an initial contract for three years. He succeeds Kathleen Clawson, who announced her intent to step down in February 2026 after five years in the … » Read

At the end of the 2025-26 season the Seattle Symphony bid farewell to three long-tenured musicians while announcing the addition of as many new players and an assistant conductor. Retiring are Laura DeLuca (clarinet) and Timothy Hale (viola), … » Read

Opinion There is a scene that keeps replaying in the history of great orchestras. A powerful man — usually a conductor, occasionally a board — decides that someone must go. No hearing is held. No musicians are consulted. A terse … » Read

The Perlman Music Program (PMP) has named Catherine Cho as associate director and director of the Summer Music School. She will work closely with Toby Perlman, who founded the program in 1994 and has until now directed the summer program. Cho, a … » Read

Italian conductor Antonello Manacorda is to be the new artistic and music director of the French orchestra Les Siècles. He succeeds François-Xavier Roth, who founded the Baroque specialist ensemble in 2003 and withdrew in 2024 … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — Clive Davis, the record company lawyer who became one of the music industry's most powerful figures, launching or resurrecting the careers of such superstars as Janis Joplin, Whitney Houston, Carlos Santana, and Alicia Keys, … » Read

Pianist Igor Levit is partnering with Sony Classical to launch his own recording label, “No Silence,” which, he says, has been inspired by “Against Silence, Against Anti-Semitism,” an event he co-organized after the Hamas … » Read

In the fall of 2027, Vincenzo Milletarì will begin a three-year term as  principal conductor of the Göteborg Opera. He will succeed Aivis Greters . Milletarì, who has previously conducted Verdi’ Otello with the … » Read

As of August 17, 2026, Tonya McBride Robles will become the new president and CEO of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO). She succeeds Curt Long , whose nine-year tenure saw the RPO launch a $50M+ comprehensive campaign for endowment, … » Read

The conductors emerging from the Sibelius Academy seem to be getting younger by the minute. The latest is Kristian Sallinen, a 2025 graduate, who is to be chief conductor and artistic director of Finland’s Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra. He … » Read