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    Barbara Hannigan, Daring Singer and Maestro, to Lead Iceland Symphony

    Hannigan, the rare artist to have a career as a soprano and a conductor, will assume a full-time conducting post for the first time.

    By Javier C. Hernández

    Barbara Hannigan conducting the Iceland Symphony Orchestra in 2022. “I realized I could do things with them and ask things of them that they took so naturally,” she said of the orchestra.
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    Europe

    A Finnish official plays the cello to support Ukraine, irking Russia.

    By Javier C. Hernández

    Anders Adlercreutz, Finland’s minister for European affairs, said he “wanted to provide comfort to Ukrainians here in Finland and in other countries.”
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    Contemporary composers — ‘the voices of our time’ — win big in the classical field.

    By Javier C. Hernández

    The Metropolitan Opera’s recording of Terence Blanchard’s “Champion,” conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, won best opera recording. Ryan Speedo Green, center, played the boxer Emile Griffith as a young man.
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    Music

    Met Opera Taps German Conductor as Next Chorus Director

    Tilman Michael, who leads the Frankfurt Opera’s chorus, will succeed the veteran conductor Donald Palumbo, who steps down this season after 17 years.

    By Javier C. Hernández

    PRINT EDITIONMet Opera Picks Chorus Director|April 5, 2024, Page C3
    Tilman Michael will become the chorus director of the Metropolitan Opera at the start of the 2024-25 season. He holds that title now at the Frankfurt Opera.

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    Music

    Jaap van Zweden to Lead French Orchestra After New York Philharmonic

    The conductor, whose tenure in New York ends this summer, will begin a five-year term at the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in 2026.

    By Javier C. Hernández

    PRINT EDITIONJaap van Zweden Will Lead a Radio Orchestra in Paris|February 29, 2024, Page C5
    Jaap van Zweden will become music director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France after he leaves the New York Philharmonic.
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    Dance

    American Ballet Theater Names Dance Veteran as Executive Director

    Barry Hughson, a leader at the National Ballet of Canada, will join the company as it tries to get beyond financial woes.

    By Javier C. Hernández

    PRINT EDITIONBallet Theater Names An Executive Director|March 16, 2024, Page C5
    Barry Hughson will take on the job of American Ballet Theater’s executive director in July.
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    Music

    At the Met Opera, the Show Goes On After a Technical Mishap

    The company put on a semi-staged version of Puccini’s “Turandot” at the last minute, after a backstage lift got jammed.

    By Javier C. Hernández

    PRINT EDITIONAt ‘Turandot,’ the Show Goes On After a Mishap|March 22, 2024, Page C9
    Singers performing Puccini’s “Turandot” at the Metropolitan Opera on Wednesday, on a set improvised shortly before the show began.
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    Music

    Philadelphia Orchestra and Musicians Reach Contract Deal

    The agreement, which includes salary increases of nearly 16 percent over three years, ends months of tense negotiations.

    By Javier C. Hernández

    PRINT EDITIONOctober 24, 2023
    The Philadelphia Orchestra, under the baton of Yannick Nézet-Séguin at Carnegie Hall. Musicians approved a new three-year contract this weekend.
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    Music

    Met Opera’s Orchestra Will Tour Asia for the First Time

    After the pandemic forced the cancellation of a tour planned for 2022, the ensemble will visit Japan, South Korea and Taiwan in June.

    By Javier C. Hernández

    PRINT EDITIONMarch 11, 2024, Page C5
    Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Metropolitan Opera’s music director, leading the company’s orchestra at Carnegie Hall last year.
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    Music

    2 Players Sue Philharmonic, Saying They Were Wrongfully Suspended

    Matthew Muckey and Liang Wang said they were sidelined without cause by the New York Philharmonic after a recent magazine article detailed allegations of misconduct against them.

    By Javier C. Hernández

    PRINT EDITIONMusicians Sue Philharmonic Over Suspensions|May 6, 2024, Page C2
    The trumpet player Matthew Muckey, left, and the oboist Liang Wang, right.
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