Conductor News

The charismatic St. Petersburg-born Vasily Petrenko has really been turning things around at the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra since he took over as Principal Conductor in 2005.

THE woman who led Britain's oldest 'boy band' to chart-topping success, is leaving her choir.

Scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 21 at 3 p.m. Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 10:46 a.m. Read more: Local , Community , Quincy Symphony Orchestra Association , QSOA , Petar Jankovic , St.

The first Tucson Symphony MasterWorks Chamber Orchestra program of the 2009-10 season, Mendelssohn and Haydn, will feature Music Director and Conductor George Hanson conducting the TSO in the Overture to Felix Mendelssohn's Fingal's Cave, Franz Joseph Haydn's Symphony No.

Playing to the people ... Conductor Daniel Barenboim and his classical youth orchestra in the West Bank.

The Middletown Symphony Orchestra's got rhythm, it's got music, and it's got a woman on vocals for its annual Conductor Auction Pops concert Saturday, Nov.

MUSIC SEOUL ARTS CENTER, Concert Hall Thursday: 11 a.m. Concert. This concert is part of a series of classical performances held every second Thursday of the month at 11 a.m. This week, cellist Song Young-hoon plays pieces by Brahms, Wagner and Beethoven.

Conductor Ilan Volkov was at the helm when Unsuk Chin's cello concerto was acclaimed at last year's Proms, and his affinity for her detailed style was evident as he directed the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in the UK premiere of Chin's 2008 work for orchestra, RocanA .

Music Director/Conductor John Stubbs of California Ballet has created an extraordinary multi-media performance experience where live classical music, dance, and film converge for one special evening in San Diego's most exciting music and dining venue -- Anthology supper club in Little Italy.

Albert-George Schram recruited the TSO Chorus and the color guard from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base for the "Patriotic Pops" show.

Ashkenazy's Prokofiev Festival. Sydney Symphony. Violin: Boris Belkin. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.

Conductor/trumpeter Jeff Nevin will lead the "Day of the Dead" concert at Copley Symphony Hall.

Arguably the coolest guy to ever live, Lou Reed is coming to Miller Theatre on February 5th.

Okanagan Symphony Orchestra is entering its 50th anniversary season and there was a festive atmosphere in Cleland Theatre as people gathered to enjoy the opening concert on Saturday evening.

Programming brilliance almost overshadowed performance brilliance as the San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Conductor Carlo Ponti, opened its concert season Saturday and Sunday.

At age 28, conductor Gustavo Dudamel, from Venezuela, officially takes over as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

You can be hailed as one of the great talents of the 21st century - but you still have to wait in airports when your flight is canceled.

Conductor Gustavo Dudamel leads El Sistema during a June 2009 rehearsal in Caracas, Venezuela.

San Diego Symphony music director Jahja Ling. Jahja Ling, the San Diego Symphony's conductor and music director, has never forgotten the first time he heard the sound of a live symphony orchestra.

Conductor James Levine is withdrawing from upcoming performances with the Metropolitan Opera and Boston Symphony Orchestra to have surgery for a herniated disk in his back.