A week with… David Butcher
IAM spends a week with the Hallé Orchestra’s Chief Executive, David Butcher Saturday Today is the start of the Siemens-Hallé International Conductor’s Competition. We have … Read more
Orchestra
Passing the baton
This month’s conductor news sees the appointment of Swedish-Finnish conductor Anna-Maria Helsing to Chief Conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra. Her tenure lasts from October … Read more
Globetrotting conductor Gaffigan unveils 2022/3 season
Leading American conductor James Gaffigan has announced his 2022/23 season, in which he will lead productions of La Bohème and Tristan und Isolde at Valencia’s … Read more
Open Door Day at Vienna State Opera
Wiener Staatsoper will open its new season this year with an Open Door Day on 1 September 2019. Visitors will have the chance to look … Read more
The Philadelphia Orchestra Association receives USD50m gift
Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF) has made a USD50m (€44.4m) gift to the endowment of The Philadelphia Orchestra Association. SVCF has also awarded USD5m (€4.5m) … Read more
Dausgaard to succeed Ludovic in Seattle
Danish conductor Thomas Dausgaard has been named Seattle Symphony’s next music director. Currently the orchestra’s principal guest conductor, Dausgaard will succeed Ludovic Morlot at the … Read more
Lincoln Center scraps major plans for Geffen Hall
Major plans for a USD500m renovation of Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall have been scrapped. It’s a significant setback to what would have been one … Read more
My Life – a week with ISM’s Deborah Annetts
Deborah Annetts, chief executive of the Incorporated Society of Musicians, shares a week in her life as she prepares for Make Music Work Monday: After a … Read more
Reinventing the Czech Philharmonic
After a restless couple of decades for the Czech Philharmonic, Mark Powell journeys to Prague and finds a wholly revitalised orchestra Prague’s historic Rudolfinum auditorium … Read more
Orchestra partners with think tank
The Hallé and the Royal United Services Institute have announced a new collaboration, marking the world’s first partnership between a think tank and an orchestra. … Read more