The Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra recently announced it extended a contract with conductor Stilian Kirov as it approaches ...

The Columbus Symphony Orchestra has selected four candidates to serve as finalists in the search for its next music director. Each of the candidates are vying to replace South Bend’s Josh Aerie, who ...

CLEVELAND — Rising Japanese-American conductor Taichi Fukumura has been tapped as The Cleveland Orchestra's next assistant conductor, the ensemble announced Wednesday. Fukumura, the music director of ...

Marin Alsop, 67, has been appointed as the principal guest conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra in the upcoming season. Alsop, the first woman to lead a top-level American orchestra, served as the ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The heartbeat of any orchestra is the conductor. The conductor sets the tone for the members and their music, and the Philadelphia Orchestra has a new assistant conductor, Naomi ...

The 67-year-old was music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra from 2007-08 through 2020-21, the first woman to lead a top-level American orchestra. File photo: Marin Alsop conducts the New ...

There's a lot of debate about what constitutes the ideal orchestral conductor. Some prefer the pioneer: a musical thinker who champions living composers and unusual projects -- such as Esa-Pekka ...