Alena Hron

The South Czech Philharmonic (Jihočeská Filharmonie), based in Ceske Budejovice (Budweis), has announced Alena Hron, 31, as chief conductor from the 2024/25 season. Read More →

We have been notified of the death of French-American pianist Eugen Indjic (born March 11, 1947 in Belgrade). Emigrating to the United States with his mother, an amateur pianist, at the age of four, he there became fascinated by the piano and started studying the instrument. Read More →

Lawrence Loh

The Waco Symphony Orchestra (Texas) has appointed New York conductor Lawrence Loh as Music Director. Loh’s selection ends a more than year-long search for a successor to longtime music director Stephen Heyde, who retired in November 2022 after 35 years leading the symphony orchestra. Read More →

(c) Andreas Domjanic

Alter und Erfahrung haben definitiv etwas mit musikalischer Reife zu tun. Das wurde deutlich beim rezenten Residenzkonzert in Vaduz mit den Schülern von Milana Chernyavska. Der jüngste Interpret war Jahrgang 2007, die älteste Interpretin Jahrgang 1998. Hinter diese Stipendiaten liegen demnach schon einige Wettbewerbe, Meisterkurse und Konzertauftritte – Erfahrungen, die ihre Spiel wesentlich prägten. Guy Engels berichtet. Read More →

Marian Anderson

The Philadelphia Orchestra’s home in the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, currently called Verizon Hall, is being renamed Marian Anderson Hall in honor of the Black American contralto and Civil Rights Icon. The ceremony will take place on June 8, 2024 with the Great Stages Gala, featuring The Philadelphia Orchestra and Music and Artistic Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, actress and singer Audra McDonald, soprano Angel Blue, and jazz pianist Marcus Roberts. A statue of Anderson is planned for the vicinity of the hall. Read More →

Tabita Berglund
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The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) and Music Director Jader Bignamini today announced the 2024–2025 season and also the engagement of Norwegian conductor Tabita Berglund as the orchestra’s new Principal Guest Conductor, beginning in the 2024–2025 season with an initial 4-year contract. Berglund currently serves as Principal Guest Conductor of the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra in Norway.

Midori Seiler
(c) Maike Helbig

Neue Künstlerische Leiterin des jährlich im Mai in Köln stattfindenden ‘zamus: early music festival’ wird ab 2025 die Violinistin Midori Seiler. Die in Köln lebende, an der Folkwang Universität der Künste in Essen als Professorin für Barockvioline tätige und international gefragte Künstlerin wird das Festival für drei Jahre (von 2025 bis 2027) künstlerisch leiten. Read More →

Jaap van Zweden
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Radio France has appointed Jaap van Zweden as Music Director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. He will take up the role on 1st September 2026, having committed four weeks to the orchestra in the 2025-2026 season as Music Director Designate, in Paris and on tour. Read More →

Andrey Gugnin
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The winner of Classic Piano International 2024 is the Netherlands based pianist Andrey Gugnin, 36. He triumphed after four rounds at Dubai’s Jumeirah Zabeel Saray, scooping €100,000 in cash and a life-changing ten-date concert tour with an honorarium of €50,000. Read More →

Simone Young
(c) Nic Walker

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra has announced that the contract of Chief Conductor Simone Young has been extended by two years. Young will lead the Orchestra until the end of 2026. Read More →