Das Opernhaus Zürich und die Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich kooperieren mit mit der Performancegruppe The Field und der Dance & Creative Wellness Foundation in der Initiative ‘Connect’, einem Tanzprojekt für Menschen, die mit neurologischen Herausforderungen wie Multiple Sklerose (MS) oder Parkinson leben. Read More →

Die Alliance Musicale (LAM), eine Vereinigung aus luxemburgischen Musikveranstaltern, hat an die Verantwortlichen der aktuell in Luxemburg laufenden Koalitionsgespräche zur Bildung der neuen Regierung einen Brief geschickt, in dem  auf die Wichtigkeit der Kultur hingewiesen wird und Forderungen für das Musikleben geäußert werden. Read More →

Pavel Baleff und das TN LOS! haben sich in gegenseitigem Einvernehmen darauf verständigt, seinen Vertrag als Generalmusikdirektor zum Ende der Spielzeit 2024/25 aufzulösen. Die Theater Nordhausen/Loh-Orchester Sondershausen GmbH, heute auch TNLOS! genannt, ist die größte Kultureinrichtung im Norden des Freistaates Thüringen. Read More →

Filippo Ciabatti

The Opera Company of Middlebury (Vermont,m U.S.) has announced Filippo Ciabatti as Music Director from 2024. Ciabatti held the position of Interim Music Director during the 2023 season. Now he has signed a three-year renewable contract. Read More →

Maxim Emelyanychev

Conductors Maxim Emelyanychev and Krista Audere are appointed to the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Swedish Radio Choir respectively as Principal Guest Conductors from 2025. Read More →

Conductors Elias Peter Brown and Aleksandra Melaniuk have been selected by Esa-Pekka Salonen to join the San Francisco Symphony conducting staff in the 2023–24 season as an extension of their work as Salonen Fellows in the Colburn School Conservatory of Music’s Negaunee Conducting Program. Brown was assistant conductor for the San Francisco Symphony’s Opening Night Gala and All San Francisco concerts in September, and Melaniuk will begin her work with the Orchestra in January.  Read More →

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra has announced a $14.7-million donation from the estate of H. Thomas and Mary Beck. It is the largest gift ever made to the orchestra. About $1.8-million of the $14.7-million donation was used to offset current costs. The remaining $12.9-million was transferred to the Toronto Symphony Foundation to be invested.

Maxime Pascal
(c) Phan Tu

The French conductor Maxime Pascal, 38, has been appointed as the new Chief Conductor of the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra. His contract is for three years, commencing in August 2024. Read More →

American violinist and conductor Jory Fankuchen joins the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra as its new principal conductor. Fankuchen studied the violin with Ian Swensen at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, before receiving his master’s degree from the New England Conservatory, where he studied with Lucy Chapman. A regular conductor of the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra, he is also music director of the Civic Strings orchestra.

Martyn Brabbins
(c) Benjamin Ealovega

British conductor Martyn Brabbins, 64, has announced that he has resigned as Music Director of the English National Opera in response to the announced cuts to ENO’s orchestra and chorus. Read More →