Leonard Slatkin Named Music Director of Nashville Symphony Orchestra

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Nashville Symphony Orchestra has appointed Leonard Slatkin as its Music Director. Slatkin will assume his position for three years through the 2028-29 season and will begin his tenure at the beginning of the 2026-27 season. Slatkin was previously the orchestra’s Music Advisor from 2006 to 2009. As Music Director, Slatkin will provide artistic leadership and help establish the framework for {…}

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Miah Persson, Karen Slack & Sarah Connolly Lead Pacific Symphony’s 2026-27 Season

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The Pacific Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2026-27 season. Here are the vocal performances. Alexander Shelley conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with Miah Persson and Dame Sarah Connolly. Performance Date: Oct. 1-3, 2026 Händel’s “Messiah” will be performed for the holiday season. Performance Date: Dec. 6, 2026 Alexander Shelley conducts Runestad’s “A Silence Haunts Me” and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, {…}

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Obituary: American Soprano Benita Valente Dies at 91

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On Oct. 24, soprano Benita Valente died at 91. Born on Oct. 19, 1934, in Delano, California, she was first noticed by a high-school teacher who recommended lessons with Lotte Lehmann in Santa Barbara. She went on to study at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia with Martial Singher and later with Margaret Harshaw, where she graduated in 1960. {…}

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Houston Symphony Names New Board of Trustees Appointees

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The Houston Symphony has announced new appointments to its Board of Trustees and leadership councils for the 2025–26 season. Khoa Dao and Stacie Pitts join the Symphony’s Board of Trustees as Governing Directors. Dao is a Chief Commercial Officer at ConocoPhillips and has over 35 years of experience in the energy industry. Meanwhile, Pitts leads global crude trading at Shell. {…}

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Sydney Symphony Orchestra Helps Launch ‘Sottovoce,’ the First Real-Time Performance Management System

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The Australian startup Sottovoce has developed a ground-breaking hardware and software solution of the same name to primarily serve the performing arts industry by providing real-time noise exposure data for musicians. Pioneered by sound designer and audio engineer Des O’Neill and Grammy award-winning studio engineer and software developer Tony David Cray, Sottovoce aims to reduce noise induced hearing loss by {…}

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Liv Redpath, Reginald Mobley, Alex Rosen, & Joseph Parrish Headline Orchestra of St. Luke’s 2025-26 Season

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(Photo credit: Artist’s Website) The Orchestra of St. Luke’s announces its 2025-26 Carnegie Hall season. This article only features classical vocal concerts. Liv Redpath, Beth Taylor, Laurence Kilsby, and Alex Rosen perform with the Clarion Choir in Beethoven “Symphony,” No. 9. Raphaël Pichon conducts. Performance Date: November 6, 2025 John Brancy performs in “Barber, Sondheim, and Tunick.” Performance Date: February {…}

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Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Announces New Collective Bargaining Agreement

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The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has reached a new three-year collective bargaining agreement with its players. The musicians who are represented by the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) Local 148-462 signed an agreement that offers a range of perks for the orchestra’s players, while also continuing the ASO’s streak of eleven years of balanced annual budgets. The ASO’s players will receive {…}

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Maria Brea & Jessica Gonzalez-Rodriguez to Headline ‘Cantadoras y Compositoras: An Afternoon of Latin American Art Song & Arias’ at Ebell of Los Angeles

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The Ebell of Los Angeles and Pacific Opera Project will present “Cantadoras y Compositoras: An afternoon of Latin American Art Song and Arias.” Set for Oct. 13, 2025, the showcase will feature soprano Maria Brea and mezzo-soprano Jessica Gonzalez-Rodriguez alongside pianist Mercedes Juan Musotto as they take on works by Carla Lucero, Mariel Mayz, and Maria Grever, among others. Brea {…}

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American Tenor Lawrence Brownlee to Open New Season at State-Funded Zaryadye Hall in Moscow

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The list of international artists returning to Russia continues to grow. This time, American tenor Lawrence Brownlee will take the stage at the Zaryadye Hall in Moscow, Russia. The Zaryadye Hall is a State Budgetary Institution of Culture of the City of Moscow, which is run by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Ministry of Culture. Brownlee will be the headliner of {…}

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Leonard Slatkin Named Music Director of Nashville Symphony Orchestra

Miah Persson, Karen Slack & Sarah Connolly Lead Pacific Symphony’s 2026-27 Season

Obituary: American Soprano Benita Valente Dies at 91

Houston Symphony Names New Board of Trustees Appointees

Sydney Symphony Orchestra Helps Launch ‘Sottovoce,’ the First Real-Time Performance Management System

Liv Redpath, Reginald Mobley, Alex Rosen, & Joseph Parrish Headline Orchestra of St. Luke’s 2025-26 Season

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Announces New Collective Bargaining Agreement

Maria Brea & Jessica Gonzalez-Rodriguez to Headline ‘Cantadoras y Compositoras: An Afternoon of Latin American Art Song & Arias’ at Ebell of Los Angeles

American Tenor Lawrence Brownlee to Open New Season at State-Funded Zaryadye Hall in Moscow