Classical Music – Page 178

Nicola Benedetti Prepares Her Next Star Turn: Festival Leader

Nicola Benedetti is the first Scotland native and the first woman to serve as director of the storied Edinburgh International Festival.

By Hugh Morris

With a change of the guard imminent at the New York Philharmonic, Santtu-Matias Rouvali is the only guest conductor leading two programs this season.

By Zachary Woolfe

Because of deteriorating health, the 80-year-old conductor resigned as music director of the Berlin State Opera, a post he has held for decades.

By Alex Marshall

The Albany Symphony is the first orchestra to record two early works in David Del Tredici’s “Alice” cycle.

By Seth Colter Walls