The Hallé is delighted to announce that Kahchun Wong will become Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of Manchester’s own symphony orchestra from September 2024. His initial contract will be for five years. Sir Mark Elder, becomes Conductor Emeritus after twenty-four transformative years leaving the Hallé enriched and internationally admired as the orchestra looks ahead with confidence to…

Gustavo Dudamel, the charismatic conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, whose fiery baton and bouncy curls have made him one of classical music’s most recognizable figures, will leave his post in 2026 to become the music director of the New York Philharmonic, both orchestras announced on ...

With his appointment, the 34-year-old Israeli musician adds another top-notch orchestra to his portfolio. His predecessor, Valery Gergiev, was fired last year after failing to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine...

Concerts in this year’s Berlin Musikfest continue to offer interesting repertoire in works which are virtually unknown outside their composer’s homeland. I must confess that the music of Willem Pijper (1894-1947) is quite unknown to me. Pijper is regarded as the Netherlands’s finest composer of the first half of the twentieth century. Pijper wrote three symphonies, many works for chamber and…

Ainārs Rubiķis steps in to make his debut at the George Enescu International Competition in Bucharest. The Latvian conductor will lead the opening concert for the 18th edition of the festival, which features performances by the First Prize winners of the 2021 competition. The programme will include ...

Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic garnered rave reviews for their performances of Antonín Dvořák’s masterful final three symphonies in February 2020. Hailed as “a revelation” by the Los Angeles Times, their interpretations were recorded live at Walt Disney Concert Hall by Deutsche Grammophon for release as a digital album – the follow-up to the artists’ GRAMMY® Award-winning…