Joshua Bell

From the 2025–26 season, American violinist and conductor Joshua Bell, 56, will serve as Principal Guest conductor of the New Jersey Symphony through the 2028–29 season. Read More →

Ludovic Morlot
(c) Sussie Ahlburg

French conductor Ludovic Morlot, 50, has extended his contract as principal conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Barcelona y Nacional de Cataluña (OBC) until the summer of 2028, thus completing six seasons at the helm of the orchestra. Read More →

Leif Segerstam
(c) Ingo Höhn

Finnish conductor and composer Leif Segerstam has died aged 80, Finnish media reported today. After studies in violin, piano, composition and conducting at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki 1952-63 he continued with post-graduate studies at the Juilliard School of Music in New York. His initial career as a conductor started with positions in the opera houses of Helsinki, Stockholm, and West Berlin, and guest appearances included the Met, La Scala, Covent Garden, Teatro Colon and the opera houses of Cologne, Hamburg and Munich, Geneva and the Salzburg Festival. Read More →

Sasha Scolnik-Brower

Der 29-jährige Amerikaner Sasha Scolnik-Brower hat das erste Bernard Haitink Conducting Fellowship beim Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks gewonnen. Read More →

The French city Lyon has appointed Lyon Trinité Musique as the new manager of La Chapelle de la Trinité for a period of five years. His organization reunites the baroque orchestra Le Concert de l’Hostel Dieu and Superspectives, a presenter of contemporary music. Built between 1617 and 1622 as part of the Jesuit College, the Chapelle de la Trinité boasts exceptional Baroque architecture that has recently been restored. Read More →

Christoph Koncz
(c) Andreas Hechenberger

Die Kammerakademie Neuss am Rhein (dkn) hat die neuerliche Verlängerung der Verträge ihrer musikalischen Leiter angekündigt. Bis Mitte 2027 werden zwei weitere Spielzeiten der dkn unter der musikalischen Regie von Christoph Koncz und Isabelle van Keulen gestaltet. Read More →

Sir Georg Solti
Photo: Alan Warren

The Georg Solti Accademia has announced its 20th anniversary celebration, marking two decades of training young talent in the technique and style of Italian Bel Canto, and continuing the operatic legacy of the British-Hungarian conductor Georg Solti. Read More →

The 14th edition of the prestigious InClassica International Music Festival returns to Dubai Opera in April 2025, with a special edition dedicated to marking the 55th birthday of renowned contemporary composer Alexey Shor. This iteration of InClassica promises to be a tribute to Shor’s influential works, with a focus on celebrating his contributions to classical music. Read More →

Ingo Metzmacher
(c) Niesel-Reghenzani

Mit Variazioni canoniche sulla serie dell’op. 41 di Arnold Schönberg von Luigi Nono und der 9. Symphonie von Anton Bruckner lenkte Ingo Metzmacher die Wiener Symphoniker durch deren jüngstes Konzert. Wie die beiden Werken und der Kontrast zwischen ihnen ankam, erläutert Uwe Krusch für Pizzicato. Read More →

Following the first online publication of music archive inventories in November 2023, the Cedom at the National Library Luxembourg has expanded this initial panel by adding the inventories of the Théodore Decker, Peter Faber, Victor Goldschmit, Alfred Kowalsky, René Mertzig and Paul Sontag collections. These can now be freely viewed on www.a-z.lu. Read More →