Chicago Symphony Plays Over and Under Par with Szeps-Znaider

If someone is to do double duty on a Chicago Symphony concert, it’s probably going to be Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider.

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Katharina Re-ups in Bayreuth with a Refocused Remit

The Bayreuth Festival in Germany announced on Tuesday that it is retaining Katharina Wagner as its director for another five years.

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New Department Heads in Academe

Violinist Annie Fullard, current chair of chamber music at the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University, is to be the next director of chamber music at the Peabody Institute.

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Jeffrey Kahane Has Big Plans for His New Orchestra

Conductor and pianist Jeffrey Kahane first began working with the now defunct San Antonio Symphony in the early 1990s, forming a bond with the musicians that has survived the orchestra’s demise in 2022.

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More Cuts to Music in Wales

“Significant financial challenges” may spell the end for many Saturday courses for learners aged 4–18 offered by the Junior Conservatoire of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.

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A New, Minimalist Ring, in Zurich

In an age of radical reinterpretations, conductor Gianandrea Noseda and director Andreas Homoki created a counterrevolutionary version of Wagner’s four-night, 15-hour Ring cycle that sparked 13 minutes of applause.

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Royal Philharmonic Society Names New Chair

On May 22 Angela Dixon is to become the new chair of the Royal Philharmonic Society succeeding 14-year incumbent Sir John Gilhooly, artistic and executive director of Wigmore Hall.

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Post-pandemic Recovery Better for Classical Music than Some Theater

There is both good and bad news on the post-pandemic recovery of the arts.

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The Rarest of Rare Slots

The most competitive slot among music conservatory enrollment is probably that of the tuba student at Curtis Institute of Music. In any given year, only one of the school’s 160 enrollees is studying the instrument.

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San Diego Revitalized Concert Hall to Host 2024-25

Three years after opening the much-heralded indoor/outdoor Rady Shell at the city’s picturesque bay waterfront, the San Diego Symphony will take up residency in its newly refurbished concert hall.

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Palm Beach Opera Names General Director

The Palm Beach Opera did not have to look very far to find its new general director, James Barbato, who has been its director of artistic administration for the past five years.

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Merola Opera Taps New Exec

The Merola Opera Program has hired Sean Waugh, consultant and onetime director of artistic planning and strategy for the San Francisco Opera (SFO), Merola’s overseer, as its new executive director.

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Why the American Youth Symphony Collapsed

In March the American Youth Symphony (AYS) abruptly closed its doors.

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