News from Birmingham: Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla's contract at the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra has been extended by one year, though 2021-22....and then she will be moving to the position of Principal Guest Conductor. Here's what the conductor said of this decision:
I have decided to give up my position of Music Director of the CBSO at the end of the 2021-22 season and have happily accepted the orchestra’s invitation to become Principal Guest Conductor in the 2022-23 season.
This is a deeply personal decision, reflecting my desire to step away from the organisational and administrative responsibilities of being a Music Director at this particular moment in my life and focusing more on my purely musical activities. I have such admiration and great fondness for the musicians of the CBSO and I am absolutely delighted that we shall continue to make music together in the coming years. .
- City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, when MGT leaves at the end of 2021-22
- London Symphony Orchestra has an opening for chief conductor in 2023, when Sir Simon Rattle heads to the BRSO in Germany.
- Baltimore Symphony, because Marin Alsop did not renew her contract there
- Opera Theatre of Saint Louis: Stephen Lord resigned following accusations of sexual harassment. OTSL has not named a new music director.
- Michigan Opera Theater: Stephen Lord resigned following accusations of sexual harassment. MOT has not named a new music director.
- Teatro Regio Turin: Open now with departure of Gianandrea Noseda. the Teatro Regional's has not named a new music director.
- Minnesota Opera: Michael Christie has left. MO has not named a new music director.
- Sarasota Orchestra after Anu Tali leaves at the end of 2018-2019. Jeffrey Kahane is "artistic advisor" but whether that means he is conducting the orchestra....I do not know.
- Melbourne Symphony: Sir Andrew Davis leaves at the end of 2019. No new music director has been named.
- Fort Worth Symphony: Miguel Harth-Bedoya leaves in 2020. No successor has been named.
- Opera de Paris, when Philippe Jordan leaves in 2020. No successor has been named.
- Atlanta Symphony, when Robert Spano leaves in 2020. No successor has been named.
- Virginia Symphony: JoAnn Falletta is now laureate, but no successor has been named.
- Shanghai Symphony Orchestra
- 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
- Ludovic Morlot
- Sian Edwards
- Jun Markl
- Ingo Metzmacher
- Jac van Steen
- Mark Wigglesworth
- David Robertson
- Peter Oundjian
- Philippe Auguin
- Kwame Ryan
- Ilan Volkov
- Aleksandr Markovic
- Lothar Koenigs
- Henrik Nanasi
- Carlos Kalmar
- Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Maxim Emelyanychev has succeeded Robin Ticciati
- Orchestre de Paris, Klaus Mäkelä to succeed Daniel Harding
- Montreal Symphony Orchestra: Raphael Payare has succeeded Kent Nagano.
- Richmond Symphony: Valentina Peleggi succeeds Steven Smith.
- Singapore Symphony: Han Graf succeeded Lan Shui.
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales: Ryan Bancroft succeeded Thomas Søndergård
- BRSO hires Sir Simon Rattle to succeed the late Mariss Jansons, effective 2023.
- Jader Bignamini is now Music Director of the Detroit SO, succeeding Leonard Slatkin.
- Opera North: Garry Walker is music director designate
- Sydney Symphony Orchestra names Simone Young their chief conductor; she takes over in two years, succeeding David Roberts.
- San Francisco Opera appoints Eun Sun Kim its music director, starting August 1, 2021. She succeeds Nicola Luisotti.
- Philharmonia Orchestra names Santtu-Matias Rouvali as its next Principal Conductor, starting in 2021-22.
