The Royal Opera House has announced the appointment of British violinist Magnus Johnston as Concert Master of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House (OROH). Formally part of the Navarra Quartet ...

An internationally-renowned conductor accused of upsetting a student over his use of pronouns who was sacked after a bullying row is suing for discrimination. Mark Shanahan was accused of ...

A renowned opera conductor who faced questions over his use of pronouns has claimed he is the victim of age discrimination after he was accused of bullying, an employment tribunal heard.

Marin Alsop, professor and director of the Graduate Conducting Program, was appointed principal guest conductor of London's Philharmonia Orchestra and was named artistic director and chief conductor ...

The celebrated Dutch conductor Bernard Haitink stood before some of the world's great orchestras, and was renowned for his ...

An internationally-acclaimed Japanese conductor will lead an opera performance in Odesa, southern Ukraine, in an effort to encourage people in the war-torn country. Yoshida Hirofumi will lead the ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Music news every morning. Advance publicity promised that this new production of Das Rheingold, the first segment of Wagner’s ...

Historic Hamburg isn’t showy like Munich, but it’s the favorite German city of Grammy-winning American conductor Alan Gilbert, who spends part of the year there as chief conductor of the ...

For the first in his new four-year Ring cycle, Barrie Kosky pares back the sumptuousness to create a more elemental Wagnerian spectacle Barrie Kosky's new Rheingold at the Royal Opera House Credit ...

Leo Blech, noted Jewish conductor of the Berlin State Opera whose personal popularity in Germany was so great that never ousted hin openly but forced his retirement in 1937 for reasons of “age ...

Stéphane Denève might be alone in this opinion, but he thinks summer break is too long. The world renowned conductor is on the heels of his inaugural season as the artistic director of the New ...