His role as assistant conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra has turned more than a few heads... including his own. The Tokyo-born native of Boston's tenure has been eventful.

FILE - Conductor Franz Welser-Most leads the Cleveland Orchestra as The Cleveland Orchestra Opening Night Gala at Carnegie Hall's 116th season Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2006, at Carnegie Hall in New York.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has placed a huge bet on Klaus Mäkelä for its future. It’s still too soon to tell whether that ...

Music Director Thomas Søndergård and the Minnesota Orchestra announced that conductor-violinist Leonidas Kavakos has been appointed the Orchestra’s principal guest conductor. Beginning in fall 2027, ...

Bruce Houglum will close out his 16-year career as conductor of The Concordia Orchestra at the annual Oratorio concert with a performance of Beethoven's "Ninth Symphony." The concert is Sunday at 4 ...

Conductor Giancarlo Guerrero lives for music — pulling the best out of every player in an orchestra in the most dramatic way. Guerrero has traveled the world performing. Recently, he sat down with CBS ...

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The Arizona Symphony Orchestra will perform its spring concert at 7:30 p.m. on March 7. The concert will feature three conductors: Rogers Institute fellows Keitaro Harada and Jackson Warren, and the ...

Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos has been named the Minnesota Orchestra’s principal guest conductor, the first person to hold ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Orchestra music director Franz Welser-Möst had a cancerous tumor removed and has canceled his conducting performances from late October through the end of the year. The ...