- BBC Philharmonic. Omer Meir Wellber is Music Director Designate, replacing Juanjo Mena.
- Washington National Opera. Evan Rogister named Principal Conductor in September, 2018, replacing Philippe Auguin.
- Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Maxim Emelyanychev replaces Robin Ticciati.
- Winnipeg SO. Daniel Raiskin replaces Alexander Mickelthwate as of 2018-19.
- Toronto SO has signed Gustavo Gimeno, who will start in 2020, following the 2018 departure of Peter Oundjian. Sir Andrew Davis is interim Artistic Director.
- Antonio Pappano has extended his Royal Opera contract by two years, to 2022; RO removed from the open posts list.
And here's a correction, thanks to San Francisco Opera's communications department:
- Nicola Luisotti is now Associate Director of the Teatro Real, Madrid, not "assistant music director". My bad.
Still open:
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: currently looking owing to departure of Charles Dutoit
- Orchestre National de Lyon: open now, with Leonard Slatkin's departure
- Opera North: open now, with Aleksandr Markovic's departure
- Opera Theatre of Saint Louis: 2017 is Stephen Lord's final season as MD
- Teatro Regio Turin: Open now with departure of Gianandrea Noseda
- Minnesota Opera: Michael Christie leaves this year
- Sao Paulo Symphony: Marin Alsop leaves at some point
- Berkeley Symphony, when Joana Carneiro leaves at the end of 2017-18
- San Francisco Opera, departure of Nicola Luisotti at conclusion of 2017-18
- Detroit Symphony Orchestra, which Leonard Slatkin leaves at the close of the 2017-18 season.
- MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony: 2018 departure for Kristian Jarvi
- Orchestre de Paris, when Daniel Harding leaves at the end of 2018-19
- Sarasota Orchestra after Anu Tali leaves at the end of 2018-2019
- Melbourne Symphony: Sir Andrew Davis leaves at the end of 2019
- Ulster Orchestra: Rafael Payare leaves in 2019
- Richmond Symphony: Steven Smith leaves in 2019
- Singapore Symphony: 2019 departure for Lan Shui
- Dresden Philharmonic: 2019 departure for Michael Sanderling
- Sydney Symphony Orchestra: David Robertson will be leaving the SSO at the end of 2019. So he really will be without an orchestral home as of 1/1/2020.
- San Francisco Symphony! when MTT leaves at the end of 2019-20
- Montreal Symphony Orchestra: Kent Nagano is leaving the OSM after 2019-2020.
- Fort Worth Symphony: Miguel Harth-Bedoya leaves in 2020
- Opera de Paris, when Philippe Jordan leaves in 2020
- Atlanta Symphony, when Robert Spano leaves in 2020
- Virginia Symphony: JoAnn Falletta leaves in 2020
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales when Thomas Søndergård leaves for his new job
- Shanghai Symphony Orchestra
Toronto has signed Gustavo Gimeno, he'll be starting in the 2020/21 season (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-symphony-orchestra-announces-new-conductor-1.4827835)
ReplyDeleteThanks! I'm about to add that to the list above.
ReplyDeleteMore updates for you:
ReplyDelete* Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Vasily Petrenko becomes their music director in 2021
* Dresden Philharmonic: Marek Janowski becomes their chief conductor in 2019 (round 2 for him there)
Plus other orchestras not on the initial list:
* Oslo Philharmonic: Klaus Makela becomes their chief conductor in 2020
* Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra: Nicholas McGegan steps down as music director in 2020