Recently, a tech entrepreneur paid 400,000 dollars to conduct the Toronto Orchestra for one evening, to criticism from some ...

Classical music devotees and concert hall neophytes alike tend to take it for granted that it’s the conductor, more than anyone, who lends each orchestral performance its distinctive character.

BEYOND THE BATON: A CONDUCTOR'S JOURNEY is an hour-long film that documents Wilkins’ experience as a Black conductor and his larger impact on the musical world.

"Beyond the Baton: A Conductor's Journey" tells the life story of conductor Thomas Wilkins from his humble beginnings to leading major orchestras.

The founder of "Classical Pride" is taking the music of Leonard Bernstein, Camille Saint-Saëns and Tchaikovsky on tour, from ...

The Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra has chosen its new head coach. That's how Executive Director Eric Marshall described Adam Johnson, the symphony's new music director and conductor, in a press ...

Guerrero talked recently about the challenges he has faced, and the full-circle moment that has led to his dream job as ...

On the U.S. conducting circuit, a lot of batons are being passed. In addition to Dimitri Mitropoulos, who is leaving the New York Philharmonic to be replaced by Leonard Bernstein (TIME, Nov. 25), ...

India-born Danish conductor Maria Badstue sits on a chair, her bushy brows hovering over ‘the duck tales of Danish descent’ ...

The Pacific Symphony’s 2025-26 season will be a time of transition as both Artistic and Music Director Designate Alexander Shelley and longtime conductor Carl St.Clair, who will assume the title ...