I'm still working my way through the list of openings, but here are some appointments I know of:
- Osmo Vänskä will be the next music director of the Seoul Philharmonic, starting in January, 2020, with an initial three-year contract. He retires from the Minnesota Orchestra in 2022. He will still be based in Minnesota (he is married to Erin Keefe, Minnesota's concertmaster); apparently there are now direct flights from Minneapolis to Seoul.
- Nicolaj Szeps-Znaider will be the next music director of the Orchestre National de Lyon.
- Omer Meir Wellber is Chief Conductor Designate of the BBC Philharmonic.
- Joseph Young succeeds Joana Carneiro at Berkeley Symphony, effective immediately.
- Richard Egarr succeeds Nicolas McGegan at Philharmonia Baroque, effective with the 2020-21 season. I don't know Egarr, but I'll miss Nic, whose most recent PBO performance, Handel's Saul, was fabulous.
- Daniele Rustioni is the next music director of the Ulster Orchestra, succeeding Rafael Payare in September, 2019.
- Daniel Raiskin succeeds Alexander Mickelthwate in Winnipeg.
- Opera North: open now, with Aleksandr Markovic's departure
- Opera Theatre of Saint Louis:
20172019? is Stephen Lord's final season as MD. (He's still listed on their web page, don't know what's going on here). - 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
- 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
- Scottish Chamber Orchestra: 2018 departure for Robin Ticciati
- 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
- Richmond Symphony: Steven Smith leaves in 2019
- Singapore Symphony: 2019 departure for Lan Shui
- 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.
- Montreal Symphony Orchestra: Kent Nagano is leaving the OSM after 2019-2020.
- Fort Worth Symphony: Miguel Harth-Bedoya leaves in 2020
- Royal Opera, when Antonio Pappano 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
- Philharmonia Orchestra, when Esa-Pekka Salonen leaves at the end of the 2020-2021 season.
- Oregon Symphony, when Carlos Kalmar leaves at the end of the 2020-21 season.
- Minnesota Orchestra, when Osmo Vänskä leaves in 2022.
- Lionel Bringuier
- Robert Spano
- Juanjo Mena
- Antonio Pappano
- Ludovic Morlot
- Sian Edwards
- Jun Markl
- Ingo Metzmacher
- Jac van Steen
- Mark Wigglesworth
- Simone Young
- David Robertson
- Peter Oundjian as of the end of 2017-18
- Philippe Auguin
- Kwame Ryan
- Ilan Volkov
- Aleksandr Markovic
- Lothar Koenigs
- Henrik Nanasi
- Carlos Kalmar
And closed:
- Daniele Rustioni is the next music director of the Ulster Orchestra, succeeding Rafael Payare in September, 2019.
- Daniel Raiskin succeeds Alexander Mickelthwate in Winnipeg.
- Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra: Richard Egarr named to succeed Nicholas McGegan, who steps down as music director in 2020
- Joseph Young takes the helm at Berkeley Symphony, which Joana Carneiro left at the end of 2017-18.
- Omer Meir Wellber succeeds Juanju Mena at the BBC Philharmonic.
- Nicolaj Szeps-Znaider will be the next music director of the Orchestre National de Lyon, succeeding Leonard Slatkin.
- To the astonishment of virtually everyone, San Francisco Symphony signs Esa-Pekka Salonen, starting in 2020-21, with a five-year contract.
- Toronto SO: Gustavo Gimeno becomes MD in 2020-21.
- Washington National Opera brings in Evan Rogister in a newly-created job, Principal Conductor, from this season, 2018-19, through 2021-22.
- Oslo Philharmonic: Klaus Makela becomes their chief conductor in 2020
- Dresden Philharmonic: Marek Janowski becomes their chief conductor in 2019
- Royal Philharmonic has named Vassily Petrenko as their chief conductor, as of 2021
- Ken-David Masur becomes MD of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra in 2019-20, announced November, 2018.
- Zurich Opera: Gianandrea Noseda becomes music director in 2021, following the departure of Fabio Luisi.
- Dallas Symphony: Fabio Luisi assumes the position of Music Director in 2019-20. He has an initial five-year contract.
- Orchestra of St. Luke's: Bernard Labadie starts with the 2018-2019 season
- Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra: Thomas Zehetmair starts with the 2018-2019 season
- BBC Concert Orchestra: Bramwell Tovey started in 2018
- Toledo Symphony: Alain Trudel starts with the 2018-2019 season
- Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich: Paavo Jarvi starts with the 2019-2020 season
- Netherlands Radio Philharmonic: Karina Canellakis starts with the 2019-2020 season
- Sylvain Cambreling has replaced the late Sir Jeffrey Tate at the Hamburg Symphony
- San Diego Symphony: Rafael Payare starts in 2019
- Yomiuri Nippon Symphony: Sebastian Weigle starts in April 2019
- Vienna RSO: Marin Alsop starts with the 2019-2020 season
- Elim Chan becomes chief conductor of the Antwerp Symphony in 2019-20
- Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra: Jaime Martin starts with the 2019-2020 season
- Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège: Gergely Madaras starts with the 2019-2020 season
- Kent Nagano is now the Generalmusikdirektor of the Staatsoper in Hamburg
- WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne: Cristian Măcelaru starts with the 2019-2020 season
- Israel Philharmonic: Lahav Shani starts with the 2020-2021 season
- Bayerische Staatsoper when Vladimir Jurowski joins in 2021.
- Vienna Symphony: Andrés Orozco-Estrada starts with the 2021-2022 season
- Clarinetist Martin Frøst becomes chief conductor of the Swedish Chamber Orchestra in 2019 when Thomas Dausgaard leaves for Seattle.Thomas Zehetmair is going to the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra in 2019
- Matthias Bamert is going to the Sapporo Symphony in 2018
- Lorenzo Viotti was named music director of the Gulbenkian Orchestra, as of 2018
- Joana Mallwitz appointed GMD in Nuremberg, effective 2018
- Philippe Jordan to the Vienna Staatsoper / VPO (Dominique Meyer not planning to appoint a WSO MD; his contract expires in 2020.)
- Semyon! Bychkov! fills the vacancy at the Czech Philharmonic, following the death of Jiří Bělohlávek
- Dennis Russell Davies becomes music director of the Brno Philharmonic, which had been open since 2015, as of the 2018-19 season.
- Nicola Luisotti is now Associate Director of the Teatro Real, Madrid, not "assistant music director". My bad.
- Seattle Symphony, where Thomas Dausgaard will succeed Ludovic Morlot in 2018-19; announced early October, 2016
- Vancouver Symphony; Otto Tausk comes on in 2018
- 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)
- Oslo Philharmonic: Klaus Makela becomes their chief conductor in 2020
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Ulster Orchestra position has been filled by Daniele Rustioni
See https://www.ulsterorchestra.org.uk/news/ulster-orchestra-announces-new-chief-conductor-app/
One more update for the openings list - Daniel Raiskin is now MD in Winnipeg
Thank you, John and Mike! I have added your updates to the list.
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