Topic: POSITIONS
The Cleveland Orchestra announced that Jayce Ogren has been appointed its assistant conductor, as well as music director of the CO Youth Orchestra. ...LINK to complete story
Saturday, 8 April 2006
Topic: POSITIONS Carlos Miguel Prieto the associate conductor of the Houston Symphony since 2003, will step down at the end of the current season, the orchestra announced. [Prieto, right w/MUSIClassical editor RACampbell] ...LINK to complete story
Wednesday, 5 April 2006
Topic: POSITIONS
Finnish conductor Sakari Oramo is to take over as chief conductor and artistic adviser of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. ...LINK to complete story
Monday, 3 April 2006
Topic: POSITIONS
Leonard Slatkin, who steps down as music director of Washington's National Symphony at the end of the 2007-08 season, is rumored to be interested in the Chicago Symphony's music director post ...LINK to complete story
Saturday, 1 April 2006
Topic: POSITIONS
Finnish conductor Sakari Oramo has been appointed chief conductor and artistic advisor of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra beginning in the 2008-09 season ...LINK to complete story
Thursday, 30 March 2006
Topic: POSITIONS Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa will remain as music director of Vienna's State Opera despite his illness and is expected to return to work in April or May 2007 to conduct Wagner's "Flying Dutchman" as scheduled, State Opera director Ioan Holender said Thursday.
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Tuesday, 28 March 2006
Topic: POSITIONS
The Cleveland Orchestra has appointed Yasuhito Sugiyama to its principal tuba position ....link to complete story
Monday, 27 March 2006
Topic: POSITIONS
Violinist Vadim Repin has signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon, the record company announced.
Repin previously recorded for Warner Classic's Erato imprint.
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Thursday, 23 March 2006
musical chairs at Curtis Now Playing: Philadelphia Topic: POSITIONS
H.F. "Gerry" Lenfest was elected chairman of the Curtis Institute of Music yesterday at the conservatory's board meeting, burnishing a leadership portfolio matched by few - if any - other local arts leaders in recent years.
Lenfest, 75, will take over at the Curtis board from Richard A. Doran on June 1, at the same time as another major transition, when Roberto Diaz replaces Gary Graffman as president. ...LINK to complete story
Topic: POSITIONS
Ingo Metzmacher will become the principal conductor of the German Symphony Orchestra in Berlin, replacing Kent Nagano. ...LINK to complete story
Saturday, 18 March 2006
Topic: POSITIONS
Timothy Hankewich, resident conductor of the Kansas City Symphony, has been appointed music director of the Cedar Rapids Symphony, the Iowa orchestra announced Thursday. ...LINK to complete story
Friday, 17 March 2006
Topic: POSITIONS
SR Symphony hires Frenchman to be new conductor
Orchestra's choice for fourth music director in its 78-year history was final candidate to try out for post
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Thursday, 16 March 2006
Topic: POSITIONS
Herbert Blomstedt will be the third honorary conductor of the Bamberg Symphony, the German orchestra announced ...LINK to complete story
Saturday, 11 March 2006
Topic: POSITIONS
Violinist Robert Mann, a founding member of the Juilliard String Quartet, and his son Nicholas Mann will join the string faculty of the Manhattan School of Music this fall ...LINK to complete story
Topic: POSITIONS
Former Sony Classical president Peter Gelb has some intrepid ideas to re-energize one of the world's most prestigious opera houses when he takes the helm of the Metropolitan Opera in August.
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Carlos Miguel Prieto
Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa will remain 
