Czech conductor Jakub Hrůša received the international Artist of the Year award in Bamberg, often described as the “Oscar of classical music”, along with the Bavarian Order of Merit at a ceremony on ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on May 14, 2023. The original video can be viewed here. Yannick Nézet-Séguin is a conductor operating at triple tempo, at once the director of ...

When you hear the word “conductor,” what—or who—do you picture? “It’s probably an older white man who looks very serious,” jokes Kevin Fitzgerald, the 32-year-old who is currently the Associate ...

John Eliot Gardiner, a renowned classical music conductor who has led some of the world’s most prestigious orchestras, said Thursday he was pulling out of all of his remaining 2023 engagements, days ...

When Kedrick Armstrong ponders his future, the podiums he might climb as his career as a conductor continues its meteoric rise, he admits it’s hard to envision a particular place. “The dream has been, ...

Legendary conductor Marin Alsop, in partnership with the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship (TACF), will lead #PurpleBaton, a global social media movement advancing the careers of women conductors in ...

Women conductors are still in the minority. For America 250: The American Experience in music this morning, we will hear women taking the lead, from contemporary icon Marin Alsop to Antonia Brico, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Seiji Ozawa conducting in Paris in 2000 - Garfield/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images Seiji Ozawa, who has died aged 88, was one of the ...

For the Baltimore classical music fan and longtime symphony orchestra devotee Linda DeLibero, love is in the hair. DeLibero, 70, first became enthralled by the way a world-class orchestra could make ...