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The Finnish-Ukrainian Dalia Stasevska has been renewed as principal guest conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra until September 2027. She has also been making a strong impression on US orchestras. Expect a title soon. The […]

Philip Ellis, conductor of Birmingham Royal Ballet, is stepping down in Marech after 35 years. He has conducted the Royal Ballet Sinfonia more than two thousand times. The post Conductor steps down in Birmingham appeared […]

This is what they did at the Staatsoper when Jonas sang Bajazzo this week for the first time in Vienna. The Italian tenor Luciano Ganci jumped in as Turiddu in place of the unwell Jonathan […]

The IMG mezzo Raehann Bryce-Davis has been whisked in to sing Amneris in a run of Aidas, starting January 28. She replaces Ekaterina Semenchuk. Anna Pirozzi sings the title role. Raehann, a Manhattan School of […]

We hear that Matias Naske has appointed a new head of artistic planning at the Konzerthaus in place of  Rico Gulda, who is leaving after 12 years. The newcomer is Ann-Paulin Steigerwald,  Head of Concerts […]

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra has promoted Robert McGrath to President and CEO. He has been with the orchestra for 13 years, four of them as COO, and he gets on well with music director Cristian […]

The Curtis Institute of Music has outbid two other parties to buy the nearby Art Alliance building. It belonged to the University of Arts, which filed for bankruptcy last September. Curtis bid $7.5 million for […]

Dorn Music, sometimes regarded as a wild card in the agency business, has just grabbed two soloists from other firms. Pianist Martin Helmschen has joined from K D Schmid. And cellist Marie-Elisabeth Hecker has signed […]

Vsevolod Nemolyaev, who danced 55 seasons as a soloist at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre, latterly as a ballet director, has died at 87. He was the brother of the actress, Svetlana Nemolyaeva. The post Soviet dance […]

Herbert Blomstedt, 97, is conducting the Czech Philharmonic with Katia and Marielle Labeque. The post Pic of the day: Me, and my girls appeared first on Slippedisc.