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The Finnish chief of the BBC Symphony has been named Artisi=tic Partner of the Gürzenich Orchestra. He will conduct two subscription concerts a year in Cologne and some tours. Oramo, 59, is contracted to the […]

After today’s merger of two businesses under the Sonora name, the SONORA agency and Malke Music Management now claim to be the biggest classical music biz east of the Elbe. Sonora has a list of […]

London’s Royal College of Music has appointed Andrew Moore as Artistic Director from next Spring. He has been head of music at the Edinburgh International Festival for over a decade. François Bou, MD of the […]

The Utah Symphony has announced Markus Poschner as its next music director. Poschner, 53, is presently chief of the Bruckner Orchestra Linz (to 2027) and Orchestra della Svizzera italiana (to 2025). He becomes chief conductor […]

From Georgina McGrath: I’m very sorry to share that I had a horrible experience with Ryanair today. I feel I need to share this in order to try to stop this happening to other musicians. […]

We have been notified of the death this morning in Hungary of the outstanding violinist and beloved teacher György Pauk. He turned 88 last month and was still teaching a course at the Liszt Academy […]

Friends are reporting the death of Jay David Saks, winner of 13 Grammy awards for recordings from Broadway, concert halls and the Metropolitan Opera. He was 79. His Linkedin bio lists him as: Jay David […]

Alexander Shustorovich, president of IMG Artists, has launched a bid to take over classical artists who are listed with WME. ‘If the artists at WME are up for grabs, that doesn’t mean we’ll get them […]

press release: Royal College of Music student, Robyn Anderson has won a place on the Berlin Philharmonic’s highly competitive Karajan Academy programme…  This exceptional opportunity places Robyn among a select few musicians accepted each year, gaining experience in rehearsals and concerts with the Berlin Philharmonic as well as individual lesson […]

The death has been announced, aged 94, of the venerable Burton Fine, principal viola for 29 years of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He started out as a research chemist with the space agency NASA.   […]