The Boston Symphony Orchestra appointed Gail Samuel as its first female Julian and Eunice Cohen President and Chief Executive Officer. The appointment will be finalized on June 21. Upon Samuel’s installation, she will be the eighth president of the 140-year-old renowned music organization. Samuel will oversee the BSO, the Boston Pops, and Tanglewood and tasked with leading key initiatives to {…}
(Credit: Boston Symphony Orchestra Facebook page) Boston Symphony Orchestra has canceled the rest of its 2020-21 season due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic concerns. “On behalf of the entire Boston Symphony Orchestra organization, we deeply regret having to cancel the 2020 Holiday Pops series in December and the remaining 2020-21 BSO season through the winter and spring months. Though this {…}
(Credit: Marco Borggreve) The Gewandhausorchester Leipzig has announced that it has extended the contract with its Gewandhauskapellmeister Andris Nelsons. The new contract also includes the musical direction of one production each season at the Oper Leipzig. Andris Nelsons simultaneously extended his contract as the Music Director with the Boston Symphony Orchestra until 2025. The Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and the Boston Symphony {…}
Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced the three-year extension of Andris Nelsons’ contract as Music Director, running until August 2025. The new contract replaces his current eight-year contract which was set to expire in 2022 and contains an Evergreen Clause which reflects both parties’ intent for long-term collaboration beyond the years set by this new contract extension. For each year of {…}
(Credit: Boston Symphony Orchestra Facebook Page) The Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced that its musicians ratified a new three-year labor agreement that went into effect on August 24, 2020. The musicians have agreed to cut their salaries in response to the major financial losses due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The terms of the agreement include compensation reduction averaging 37 {…}
(Credit: Marco Borggreve/Boston Symphony Orchestra) The Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced that it will lay off 50 employees from its full-time administrative staff, due to the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. One hundred and thirty members of the full-time staff will remain in their positions after the workforce reduction. BSO has also stated in an official press release that {…}
The Boston Symphony Orchestra has officially cancelled the fall portion of its 2020-21 season at Symphony Hall, which was set to take place between Sept. 16 through Nov. 28, due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns. In total, 37 concerts and 14 programs were affected by the decision. According to an official press statement, a decision about the BSO’s ability to resume {…}
The Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced that, due to the ongoing coronavirus, its famous Tanglewood Festival will be held online. In order to best deliver the experience of the festival to audiences at home, the BSO has partnered up with Brightcove Inc., one of the world’s leading video technology platforms. This year’s performances will be streamed from Tanglewood’s Linde Center, {…}
(Credit: Tatyana Vlasova) The Boston Symphony Orchestra announce its 2020-21 season noting that anything can change due to the coronavirus pandemic. As always we highlight the vocal performances in this season announcement. The Beethoven Cycle concludes with Andris Nelsons leading the composer’s Ninth Symphony with soloists Amanda Majeski, Tamara Mumford, Pavel Černoch, Kwangchul Youn, and Tanglewood Festival Chorus. The program {…}
The Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced that orchestra members will take pay cuts while other staffers will be furloughed. According to the Boston Globe, the orchestra agreed to take a 25 percent salary reduction until the end of August while 70 full-time staff members will be temporarily furloughed. The cuts were made as the BSO is facing over 10.2 million {…}
The Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2019-20 season featuring a number of choral pieces, operatic performances and great singers. For this article we are only putting emphasis on the choral and vocal performances. Andris Nelsons conducts the opening night performance of in a program that includes Poulenc’s Concerto in D minor for two pianos and orchestra, Beethoven’s Fantasy in C {…}
