Shuichi Komiyama's arrival last year as symphony conductor at Montana State University hit the music program, as one recent graduate describes it, &#8220sort of like a hurricane." ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook At top American ensembles, young assistant conductors are a far more varied group than the reigning music directors. How can the ...

Filmmaker Maggie Contreras was in her car, listening to NPR‘s “All Things Considered,” when she heard a report that piqued her interest. “The world of orchestra conducting is still dominated by men.

“We hope audiences are as entertained and surprised by the result as we were,” conductor Tim Crooks said ...

Boston Symphony Orchestra Music Director Andris Nelsons and the BSO have announced Yiran Zhao and Jakub Przybycień as the orchestra's new Assistant Conductors starting with the 2026–27 season for ...

Music and Artistic Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin and The Philadelphia Orchestra have announced the appointment of the trailblazing Marin Alsop as principal guest conductor. The three-year term will ...

New Delhi, Aug 18 (PTI) Khushroo N Suntook, chairman of the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), recalls the time when the idea of establishing a professional symphony orchestra in India ...

Individual ticket sales for Franz Welser-Möst's 25th and final season as music director of The Cleveland Orchestra will begin next week.

In the orchestra world, conducting and music directing are still male-dominated fields. In the United States, less than 10% of orchestras are directed by women. In Europe, the figure for major ...

A plethora of trailblazing, inspirational women were celebrated the world over in honor of Saint Brigid's Day – 1 February 2021. Every year over the past few years, these celebrations have climbed ...