New Pittsburgh Opera director named - Jun 26, 2008
Pittsburgh Opera has named Christopher Hahn director following a national search. He succeeds Mark Weinstein, who left earlier this year to become exe...
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Canadian Opera Company announces new artistic administrator - Jun 25, 2008
The Canadian Opera Company has named German-born artistic administrator Alexander Neef as its new general director as the successor to former head Ric...
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Komische Oper Berlin hires artistic director - Jun 25, 2008
Barrie Kosky has been appointed artistic director of the Komische Oper Berlin for five years by the Mayor of Berlin, Klaus Wowereit.

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Zurich Opera House has new director - Jun 25, 2008
Andreas Homoki, the director of Berlin's Komische Oper opera house, will leave his post in 2012 to become director of Zurich's Opernhaus, the Swiss op...
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Violinist Mardirossian joins IU Jacobs School of Music - Jun 18, 2008
The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music announced today (May 1) that violin virtuoso and world-renowned teacher of the instrument Kevork Mardiro...
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Opera America has new chairman - Jun 17, 2008
Opera America elected Houston Grand Opera General Director and CEO Anthony Freud as its chairman. He succeeds Opera Theater of St. Louis General Direc...
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New artistic director join Mobile Opera - Jun 17, 2008
Andy Anderson, 34, has been appointed the new new artistic director of the Mobile Opera and will arrive in August.

Anderson has been Musi...
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Philadelphia Orchestra names VP for artistic planning - Jun 17, 2008
Jeremy S. Rothman is the Philadelphia Orchestra's new point person for all these issues and more. Rothman has been named the orchestra's new vice pres...
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Temirkanov tapped as music director of Teatro Regio di Parma - Jun 16, 2008
Yuri Temirkanov, music director emeritus of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and longtime music director of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, has been ...
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Miami Symphony Orchestra appoints concertmaster - Jun 16, 2008
The Miami Symphony Orchestra has appointed Daniel Andai as concertmaster. The orchestra has been using rotating concertmasters for the last couple sea...
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Colorado Springs Philharmonic taps new executive director - Jun 9, 2008
The Colorado Springs Philharmonic has chosen Amarillo Symphony executive director Nathan Newbrough as its new executive director.

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Boston Symphony names principal trombone - Jun 6, 2008
Toby Oft has been named the new principal trombone of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for the 2008-09 season. His tenure will begin on September 24, 200...
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Swedish Chamber Orchestra has new principal guest conductor - Jun 3, 2008
Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Örebro has appointed violinist Nikolaj Znaider as its principal guest conductor for a three-year term from Spring 2009. Mus...
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Fort Collins Symphony gets new executive director - Jun 1, 2008
The Fort Collins Symphony's as appointed Terese Kaptur as its new executive director. Kaptur, a pianist and composer in her own right, was recently hi...
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Tulsa Opera has new executive director - May 25, 2008
John Peter Jeffries, executive director of Michigan's Opera Grand Rapids, will take over as executive director of Tulsa Opera on July 16. Tulsa Opera ...
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Rhode Island Philharmonic names executive director - May 25, 2008
The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School today named David Beauchesne, previously the director of education and community partnerships, ...
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Ridgefield Symphony has new music director - May 13, 2008
The search is over for the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra. After auditioning four "fabulous" conductors during the last symphony season, the RSO has na...
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Music director filled at Firelands Symphony - May 13, 2008
The Firelands Symphony Orchestra has announced the appointment of Carl Topilow as Music Director and Conductor with a three year contract effective Ju...
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Composer-in-Residence filled at Peabody - May 9, 2008
The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University is pleased to announce that internationally acclaimed composer and Baltimore native Christopher ...
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Vienna State Opera appoints concertmaster - May 9, 2008
The Vienna State Opera has for the first time named a woman to serve as concertmaster. The opera announced that on Sept. 1 the Bulgarian-born Albena D...
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