•
5 January – The
Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of
Robert Spano as its principal conductor, with immediate effect. •
6 January – The National Forum of Music (NFM) in Wrocław announces the appointment of
Christoph Eschenbach as its next artistic director, effective with the 2024–2025 season, with an initial contract of 5 seasons. •
9 January – The
Cincinnati May Festival announces the appointment of
Julia Wolfe as its first-ever festival director. •
11 January • The
Cleveland Orchestra announces that
Franz Welser-Möst is to conclude his tenure as its music director at the close of the 2026–2027 season. •
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts announces
Hilary Hahn as the recipient of the 2024
Avery Fisher Prize. •
17 January • Orchestra members, chorus members, and music staff of
English National Opera (ENO) announce their intention to take industrial action on 1 February, in protest at plans to make redundant the company's chorus, orchestra and music staff, with subsequent re-employment for six months per year. • New Orleans Opera announces the appointment of Lila Palmer as its next general director and artistic director, effective 15 May 2024. • Third Coast Baroque announces cessation of operations. •
18 January – The
Fonds Podiumkunsten announces Laurens de Man as the recipient of the
Nederlandse Muziekprijs for 2024, the first organist to receive this award. •
19 January – The
Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of
Krzysztof Urbański as its next artistic director, effective with the 2024–2025 season, with an initial contract of five years. •
21 January – The
Oregon Bach Festival announces the appointments of
Craig Hella Johnson and
Jos van Veldhoven as its new artistic partners, effective with the 2025 season. •
22 January •
Birmingham Royal Ballet announces simultaneously the departure of
Koen Kessels as its music director on 30 June 2024, and the appointment of Paul Murphy as its next music director, effective 1 July 2024. • The
Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège announces simultaneously the scheduled conclusion of the tenure of Gergely Madaras as its music director at the close of the 2024–2025 season, and the appointment of
Lionel Bringuier as its next music director, effective with the 2025–2026 season. • The Cincinnati May Festival announces that Steven R. Sunderman is to retire as its executive director as of 2 July 2024. •
Wigmore Hall announces
Igor Levit as the recipient of The Wigmore Hall Medal for 2024, the youngest recipient in the award's history. •
23 January – The
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of
Jun Märkl as its next music director, effective with the 2024–2025 season, with an initial contract of five years. •
24 January • The Ernst von Siemens Foundation (
Musikstiftung) announces
Unsuk Chin as the recipient of the 2024
Ernst von Siemens Music Prize. • The
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of
John Storgårds as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2024–2025 season, with an initial contract through the spring of 2028. •
25 January • The
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern announces simultaneously the scheduled departure of
Pietari Inkinen as its chief conductor at the close of the 2024–2025 season, and the appointment of
Josep Pons as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2025–2026 season. • The Ernst von Siemens Foundation (
Musikstiftung) announces Bára Gísladóttir, Daniele Ghisi, and Yiqing Zhu as the recipients of the 2024 Ernst von Siemens Composer Prizes. • The
WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne announces the appointment of
Marie Jacquot as its next chief conductor, the first female conductor ever named to the post, effective with the 2026–2027 season, with an initial contract of 4 years. •
26 January The
Orchestre de chambre de Paris announces the appointment of
Thomas Hengelbrock as its next music director, effective with the 2024–2025 season. •
29 January •
Equity announces an interim agreement with English National Opera that forestalls previously declared intentions of industrial action. • The
Lahti Symphony Orchestra announces simultaneously that
Dalia Stasevska is to conclude her tenure as its chief conductor at the close of the 2024–2025 season, and the appointment of
Hannu Lintu as its new artistic partner, effective with the 2025–2026 season. •
Boston Lyric Opera announces the appointment of Nina Yoshida Nelsen as its next artistic director, effective 1 February 2024. • The
Montreal Symphony Orchestra announces that Madeleine Careau is to stand down as its chief executive officer at the close of the 2023–2024 season. •
30 January –
Chattanooga Symphony and Opera announces the appointment of Susan W. Caminez as its next executive director, effective in the spring of 2024. •
31 January – The Spanish
Ministry of Culture and
La Comunidad de Madrid announce the appointment of
Alondra de la Parra as the new artistic director of the
Orquesta y Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid, effective with the 2024–2025 season. •
2 February – The San Antonio Philharmonic announces the appointment of
Jeffrey Kahane as its inaugural music director, effective with the 2024–2025 season, with an initial contract of three seasons. •
5 February – At the
Sankt Burchardi Kirche (St. Burchardi Church),
Halberstadt, the newest chord change in the planned 639-year performance of John Cage's
Organ2/ASLSP (
As Slow as Possible) takes place, with the addition of a d' (D4), the first chord change since 5 February 2022. •
6 February –
Washington National Opera announces simultaneously that Evan Rogister is to stand down as its principal conductor at the close of the 2024–2025 season, and the appointment of
Robert Spano as its new music director, effective with the 2025–2026 season. •
7 February •
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts announces that Henry Timms is to stand down as its chief executive officer in the summer of 2024. • The
Orchestra of St. Luke's announces that
Bernard Labadie is to stand down as its principal conductor at the close of the 2024–2025 season. •
8 February –
Kings Place announces the appointment of Sam McShane as its next artistic director, effective 20 May 2024. •
15 February – The BBC announces a new partnership between the
BBC Singers and the
Voces8 Foundation for future sustainability of the BBC Singers. •
16 February – Orchestra members, chorus members, and music staff of English National Opera (ENO) call off their previously intended industrial action for February, after agreement in principle by ENO management to revise their original plans for redunancy and re-engagement of the musicians. •
20 February – The Wiener Festwochen cancels a previously scheduled performance of Britten's
War Requiem to have been conducted by
Teodor Currentzis, following protest by
Oksana Lyniv at his appearance in the festival in conjunction with a concert to be conducted by her, and his silence regarding the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. •
22 February – The
London Philharmonic Choir announces that Neville Creed is to retire as its artistic director at the close of the 2024–2025 season, and subsequently to take the title of chorus director emeritus. •
27 February – The
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France announces simultaneously that
Mikko Franck is to conclude his tenure as its music director at the close of the 2024–2025 season, and the appointment of
Jaap van Zweden as its next music director, effective with the 2026–2027 season, with an initial contract of five seasons. •
28 February – The
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts announces that Verizon Hall is to be renamed
Marian Anderson Hall, the first performing arts venue ever to be named for Marian Anderson, in a re-dedication ceremony scheduled for 8 June 2024. •
4 March • The
BBC Concert Orchestra announces the appointment of Matthew Swann as its next director, effective 27 March 2024. • The UK
Home Office grants visas to the Afghan Youth Orchestra, after public protest at the Home Office's prior refusal of their visa applications just before the start of their scheduled UK tour. •
5 March • The
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Sarah Bardwell as its next managing director. •
Naxos Music Group and Klaus Heymann announce their acquisition of
Chandos Records. • The Neuköllner Oper announces simultaneously the scheduled departure of Bernhard Glocksin as its artistic director, and the appointment of Rainer Simon as its next artistic director, effective August 2025. • The
Kronos Quartet announces simultaneously the scheduled retirements of violinist John Sherba and violist Hank Dutt from the ensemble in June 2024, and the appointments of Gabriela Díaz as its new violinist and Ayane Kozasa as its new violist. •
6 March • The
National Opera Studio announces the appointment of Eric Melear as its next artistic director, effective July 2024. • The Bravo! Vail Music Festival announces that Anne-Marie McDermott is to stand down as its artistic director at the close of its 2026 season. •
8 March – The first performance since March 1897 of the Octet by
Charles Martin Loeffler takes place in
Phoenix, Arizona, in a newly prepared edition by Graeme Steele Johnson. •
10 March – The short documentary film
The Last Repair Shop receives the 2024 Oscar for Best Documentary Short Film. •
12 March • The Venice Biennale announces its 2024 Lion Awards for Music: • Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement:
Rebecca Saunders • Silver Lion:
Ensemble Modern •
Esa-Pekka Salonen is announced as one of the two
Polar Music Prize Laureates for 2024. • The
Columbus Symphony announces that Denise Rehg is to stand down as its executive director at the close of August 2024. •
13 March • Los Angeles Opera announces that
James Conlon is to conclude his tenure as its music director at the close of the 2025–2026 season, and subsequently to take the title of conductor laureate. • American Youth Symphony announces permanent cessation of operations, effective 15 March 2024. •
14 March •
Ars Nova Copenhagen announces the appointment of
Sofi Jeannin as its chief conductor, the first female conductor to be named to the post, with immediate effect. • The
San Francisco Symphony and
Esa-Pekka Salonen announce the scheduled conclusion of his tenure as the orchestra's music director at the close of the 2024–2025 season. •
18 March • The
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of
Mark Wigglesworth as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2024–2025 season, with an initial contract of four years. •
St John's College, Cambridge announces the disbanding of St. John's Voices at the close of the 2023–2024 academic term, with consequent redundancy of its musical director, Graham Walker, and exclusion of soprano undergraduates from Cambridge chapel choral services. •
22 March – The
Pasadena Symphony and Pops announces the appointment of Brett Mitchell as its next music director, effective 1 April 2024. •
26 March –
Anne-Sophie Mutter announces her intention to take a sabbatical from performing in the later portion of 2024. •
28 March – The
Stichting Omroep Muziek announces the appointment of Simone Mejier as its next managing director, effective 1 June 2024. •
2 April • The
Chicago Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of
Klaus Mäkelä as its next music director, effective with the 2027–2028 season, with an initial contract of five years. • In a report in
The New York Times, Klaus Mäkelä states that he is to stand down as chief conductor of the
Oslo Philharmonic at the close of the 2026–2027 season. •
3 April – The
Metropolitan Opera announces the appointment of
Tilman Michael as its next chorus director, effective with the 2024–2025 season. •
3 April – The
Theater Chemnitz announces the appointment of Benjamin Reiners as its next
Generalmusikdirektor, effective with the 2025–2026 season. •
5 April •
5 April – The
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra announces that
Jonathan Nott is to conclude his tenure as the orchestra's music director in March 2026. • Britten Pears Arts announces the appointment of Andrew Comben as its next chief executive officer, effective September 2024. •
9 April – The
Oakland Symphony announces the appointment of
Kedrick Armstrong as its music director, with immediate effect. •
10 April –
Edo de Waart announces his retirement from conducting. •
11 April – Bühnen Bern announces the appointment of Alevtina Ioffe as its next chief conductor, the first female conductor to be named to the post, effective in the summer of 2025. In parallel,
Nicholas Carter is scheduled to conclude his Bühnen Bern tenure post at the close of the 2024-2025 season. •
12 April – The Solti Foundation US announces François López-Ferrer as the 15th recipient of the Sir
Georg Solti Conducting Award. •
15 April – The
Three Choirs Festival announces that Alexis Paterson is to stand down as its chief executive after the 2024 season. •
16 April •
La Scala announces the appointment of Fortunato Ortombina as its next general director, effective with the 2025–2026 season. •
Welsh National Opera announces the truncation of two weeks from its 2024–2025 season, with the planned elimination of scheduled tours to Bristol Hippodrome in February 2025 and to Venue Cymru, Llandudno in May 2025. •
18 April • The
Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie announces the appointment of
Jonathan Bloxham as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2024–2025 season, with an initial contract of three seasons. • The
Opéra Orchestre national Montpellier announces the appointment of
Roderick Cox as its new music director, effective September 2024. • The
Czech Philharmonic announces that
Semyon Byckhov (conductor) is to stand down as its chief conductor and music director at the close of the 2027-2028 season. •
20 April – The
Malko Competition announces the prize winners of its 2024 competition: • First prize: Samuel Lee • Second prize: Ana Maria Patiño-Osorio (also recipient of the Audience Prize and the Youth Jury Prize) • Third prize: Dong Chao •
24 April •
Notre-Dame de Paris announces the appointments of
Thierry Escaich and Thibault Fajoles to its roster of
organistes titulaires, in addition to
Olivier Latry and Vincent Dubois. • The
Iceland Symphony Orchestra announces that
Eva Ollikainen is to conclude her tenure as its chief conductor at the close of the 2025–2026 season. • The
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of
Cristian Măcelaru as its next music director, with the title of music director-designate for the 2024–2025 season, and fully effective as of the 2025–2026 season. •
25 April •
Opera Philadelphia announces the appointment of
Anthony Roth Costanzo as its next general director and president, effective 1 June 2024, with an initial contract of three years. • The first Arabic-language grand opera to be staged in
Saudi Arabia,
Zarqa Al Yamama, is premiered in
Riyadh. •
26 April – The Flanders Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Martijn Dendievel as its next chief conductor, effective January 2026 season. •
29 April – The
St. Lawrence String Quartet announces that it is to disband at the close of the 2023–2024 season. •
30 April • The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden formally announces a name change for the company to the Royal Ballet and Opera. • Joshua Kosman retires as classical music critic for the
San Francisco Chronicle. •
2 May • The
Los Angeles Philharmonic announces the appointment of Kim Noltemy as its next president and chief executive officer, effective 8 July 2024. • The
Dallas Symphony Orchestra announces that Kim Noltemy is to conclude her tenure as its president and chief executive officer on 28 June 2024. •
3 May • The
Royal Philharmonic Society announces the appointment of Angela Dixon as its new chair, effective 22 May 2024. • The
Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Daniel Raiskin as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2026–2027 season. •
9 May – The BBC announces the artists for the
BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme during the period of 2024-2026: • Julius Asal (piano) • Hana Chang (violin) • Sterling Elliott (cello) • Elizaveta Ivanova (flute) • Kleio Quartet (string quartet) • Santiago Sánchez (tenor) • Emma Rawicz (jazz saxophone) •
14 May – The
Netherlands Wind Ensemble announces the appointment of Brandt Attema as its next artistic leader, effective 1 September 2024. •
15 May – The Iceland Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of
Barbara Hannigan as its next chief conductor and artistic director, effective August 2026, with an initial contract of three seasons. •
16 May • The
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of
Mark Wigglesworth as its next chief conductor, effective January 2025, with an initial contract of three years. • The
Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of
James S. Kahane as its next music director, effective with the 2024–2025 season. •
17 May – The
Konzerthausorchester Berlin announces the appointment of Tobias Rempe as its next
Intendant, effective in 2025. •
21 May –
English National Opera announces the appointment of Jenny Mollica as its next chief executive officer (CEO), with immediate effect. •
22 May •
Le Canard enchaîné publishes an article that accuses
François-Xavier Roth of
sexting and sexually inappropriate conduct towards other musicians. Roth is replaced as conductor of a concert that evening by
Les Siècles at the
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. • The
Montreal Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Mélanie La Couture as its next CEO. •
29 May –
English Touring Opera announces that it is to relocate its headquarters to
Sheffield, with the process commencing in the autumn of 2024. •
30 May – The
Dayton Performing Arts Alliance announces the appointment of Keitaro Harada as the next music director of the
Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, effective 1 July 2025, with an initial contract of 5 years. •
3 June – The
Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of
Ruth Reinhardt as its next music director, the first female conductor ever named to the post, effective with the 2025–2026 season. •
7 June – The Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra re-announces the appointment of Krzysztof Urbański as its next artistic director, effective with the 2024–2025 season, with an initial contract of four years, revised from the previous January 2024 announcement. •
12 June • The
Malmö Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of
Martyn Brabbins as its net chief conductor, effective with the 2025–2026 season, with an initial contract of three seasons. •
Canadian Opera Company announces the departure of Perryn Leech as its general director, and the appointment of David Ferguson as interim general director, both with immediate effect. • The
Albany Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Emily Fritz-Endres as its next executive director, effective August 2024. •
14 June – The King's Birthday Honours 2024 •
John Rutter and
Roger Wright are each made a Knight Bachelor. •
Sarah Leonard is made a Member of the Order of the British Empire. •
17 June – The
Bavarian State Opera announces that
Vladimir Jurowski is to conclude his tenure as
Generalmusikdirektor of the company at the close of the 2027–2028 season. •
18 June – The
New Jersey Symphony announces that Gabriel van Aalst is to stand down as its president and CEO as of September 2024. •
24 June –
Opera Carolina announces the appointment of Shanté Williams as its general director, the first woman and the first person of colour to be named to the post, effective 1 July 2024, in succession to James Meena, who is to stand down as general director and retain his post of artistic director. •
25 June – The
Baltimore Chamber Orchestra announces the appointment of Robert Moody as its next music director, with immediate effect, with an initial contract of three years. •
26 June – The BBC announces presenter changes at Radio 3 effective April 2025, including: • The scheduled retirement of
Sean Rafferty from
In Tune • The naming of
Petroc Trelawny as the new co-presenter of
In Tune in place of Rafferty • The naming of
Tom McKinney as the new presenter of the weekday
Breakfast programme. •
28 June • The Dallas Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Michelle Miller Burns as its next president and chief executive officer, effective 23 September 2024. • The
Minnesota Orchestra announces the scheduled departure of Michelle Miller Burns as its president and chief executive officer, effective 13 September 2024. •
30 June – The choir of
St Paul's Cathedral features girls as full choristers for the first time in the institution's history, with two girls as part of the Choral Evensong service. •
3 July – The Dutch
Fonds voor Cultuur Participatie (Cultural Participation Fund) announces its newest recipients of multi-year subsidies, where six classical music organisations focused on youth are not included in the most recent portfolio: •
Prinses Christina Concours •
Britten voor Jong Muziektalent •
Nationale Jeugdorkesten Nederland •
Ricciotti Ensemble •
Vocaal Talent Nederland •
Nederlandse Vioolconcoursen •
4 July • The
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of
Tarmo Peltokoski as its next music director, effective with the 2026–2027 season, with an initial contract of four years. • The
Staatstheater Kassel announces the appointment of
Ainārs Rubiķis as its next
Generalmusikdirektor, effective with the 2025–2026 season, with an initial contract of three seasons. •
5 July – The city of Cologne announces the conclusion of the tenure of François-Xavier Roth as
Gürzenich-Kapellmeister and chief conductor of the
Cologne Opera with immediate effect, one season earlier than the previously scheduled tenure conclusion, in light of accusations against Roth of sexting and sexually inappropriate conduct towards other musicians. •
11 July •
Welsh National Opera announces the appointments of Adele Thomas and Sarah Crabtree as joint holders of the posts of general director and chief executive officer, effective January 2025. •
Scottish Ensemble announces that Jenny Jamison is to stand down as its chief executive. • Gary Ginstling resigns as president and chief executive of the
New York Philharmonic, with immediate effect. •
12 July – The
European Union Youth Orchestra announces the appointment of
Iván Fischer as its new music director, with immediate effect. •
15 July – The
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne announces the appointment of Dominique Meyer as its next executive director, with immediate effect. •
16 July – The BBC announces the appointment of Jonathan Manners as director of the
BBC Singers. •
20 July – At
Montclair State University (
New Jersey, USA), Teatro Nuovo gives the first performance of the opera
Anna di Resburgo by
Carolina Uccelli since its 1835 premiere. •
23 July • The
Northern Chamber Orchestra announces the appointments of Zöe Beyers as its next music director and of Sarah Brandwood-Spencer as its new associate director. • The Orchestre classique de Montréal announces the departure of
Jacques Lacombe as its artistic director, with immediate effect. •
24 July – The board of the
Monteverdi Choir announces that Sir
John Eliot Gardiner is not to return to the organisation. •
30 July – The
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Erin Freeman as the next director of the St. Louis Symphony Chorus, with immediate effect. •
5 August –
Lyric Opera of Chicago announces the appointment of John Mangum as its next general director, effective with the autumn of 2024. •
7 August –
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts announces the appointment of Mariko Silver as its next president and chief executive officer, effective 23 September 2024. •
8 August • The
Deutsches Nationaltheater und Staatskapelle Weimar announces that Dominik Beykirch is to stand down as its music director at the close of the 2024–2025 season. •
Seattle Opera announces the appointment of James Robinson as its next general director and artistic director, effective 4 September 2024, with an initial contract of five seasons. •
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis announces the departure of James Robinson as its artistic director, effective September 2024. •
9 August • The
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of
Lorenzo Viotti as its next music director, effective with the 2026–2027 season, with an initial contract of three years. •
Chattanooga Symphony and Opera announce the appointment of Ilya Ram as its next music director, effective with the 2025–2026 season, with an initial contract of three years. •
12 August – The
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra removes
Jayson Gillham as the scheduled pianist for its 15 August 2024 concert, following remarks by Gillham on 11 August 2024 regarding the deaths of Palestinian journalists in the Israel-Hamas war at the world premiere performance of Connor D'Netto's piano work
Witness. •
14 August – The
Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance releases a statement to protest the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's cancellation of Jayson Gillham's previously scheduled 15 August 2024 appearance with the orchestra, following Gillham's 11 August 2024 remarks about the deaths of Palestinian journalists in the Israel-Hamas war. •
15 August – The musicians of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) issue a vote of no confidence in MSO managing director Sophie Galaise and MSO chief operating officer Guy Ross, following the cancellation of Jayson Gillham's previously scheduled appearance with the MSO for that evening. •
19 August – News reports state that Eberhard Friedrich has submitted his resignation as director of the Bayreuth Festival Chorus, effective 27 August 2024 with the close of the 2024 Bayreuth Festival season, one year ahead of his scheduled retirement. •
21 August –
Royal Swedish Opera announces the appointment of Tobias Theorell as its next artistic director, effective in 2025. •
22 August • The Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science announces Elisabeth Hetherington as the recipient of the 2025
Nederlandse Muziekprijs. • The
Sarasota Orchestra announces the appointment of
Giancarlo Guerrero as its next music director, effective with the 2025–2026 season, with an initial contract of five seasons. •
24 August – HRH King
Charles III announces the appointment of
Errollyn Wallen as the next Master of the King's Music. •
25 August – The Bayreuth Festival announces the appointment of Thomas Eitler-de Lint as the next director of the Bayreuth Festival Chorus. •
26 August – The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) announces, in the wake of the cancellation of Jayson Gillham's previously scheduled 15 August 2024 appearance with the orchestra: • The departure of Sophie Galaise as managing director • The appointment of Richard Wigley as strategic advisor for the orchestra • An independent review of the MSO, to be led by
Peter Garrett. •
29 August – At the 2024
BBC Proms,
Anja Bihlmaier conducts the annual Proms appearance by
Glyndebourne Festival Opera, of
Georges Bizet's
Carmen, the first female conductor ever to conduct the annual Glyndebourne Festival Opera Prom. •
30 August –
Opera Australia announces that Jo Davies is to stand down as its artistic director, effective at the end of August 2024. •
4 September – The first staged performance of the opera
Dalinda, composed by
Gaetano Donizetti in 1838, takes place at the
University of Cape Town, performed by the student company Opera UCT. •
5 September • The
Seattle Symphony announces the appointment of
Xian Zhang as its next music director, the first female conductor to be named to the post, effective with the 2025-2026 season, with an initial contract of five years. • The
New Jersey Symphony announces that Xian Zhang is to conclude her tenure as its music director at the close of the 2027-2028 season. •
6 September – The
Omaha Symphony Orchestra and its music director, Ankush Kumar Bahl, announce that Bahl is to stand down from the post at the close of the 2024-2025 season, and that Bahl is to take the title of artistic partner for the 2025-2026 season. •
9 September • Kyiv Camerata announces the appointment of
Keri-Lynn Wilson as its new music director, the first female conductor to be named to the post, with immediate effect. • Sir John Eliot Gardiner announces the formation of a new orchestra and choir, the Constellation Orchestra and the Constellation Choir, under his leadership. • The
Colorado Symphony announces the promotion of
Peter Oundjian from its principal conductor to its music director, effective with the 2025–2026 season, with an initial contract of four years. •
12 September •
Arvo Pärt receives the
Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal from RPS chair Angela Dixon and RPS chief executive James Murphy at the Arvo Pärt Centre in Tallinn. •
Wigmore Hall announces the prize recipients of its 2024 Wigmore Hall/Bollinger International Song Competition: • 1st Prize: Anja Mittermüller, mezzo-soprano (the youngest-ever winner of the competition at age 20) • 2nd Prize: Santiago Sánchez, tenor • 3rd Prize: Jonathan Eyers, baritone • Pianist’s Prize: Jong Sun Woo • Special Finalist Prize: Mathilde Orscheidt, mezzo-soprano •
16 September – The board of directors of
Anima Eterna announces the severance of ties with its founder and director,
Jos Van Immerseel, on the grounds of repeated aggressive behaviour and failures to meet contractual obligations. •
18 September – The
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic announces that Michael Eakin is to stand down as its chief executive in March 2025. •
19 September • The first modern performance of the recently re-discovered composition
Ganz Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 648, by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart takes place at the International Mozarteum Foundation in Salzburg. • The
San Francisco Symphony Chorus takes industrial action that leads to the cancellation of the initially scheduled season-opening concert that evening. •
21 September – The 2024
Leeds International Piano Competition announces its prize recipients: • First Prize and the Dame Fanny Waterman Gold Medal: Jaeden Izik-Dzurko • Second Prize and the Marion Thorpe Silver Medal: Junyan Chen • Third Prize and the Lady Roslyn Lyons Bronze Medal: Khanh Nhi Luong • Fourth Prize: Kai-Min Chang • Fifth Prize: Julian Trevelyan •
23 September – The
Metropolitan Opera opens its 2024-2025 season with the first performance of the revised version of
Grounded by Jeanine Tesori and George Brant, the first opera by a female composer ever to begin the Metropolitan Opera's season in the company's history. •
27 September – The musicians of the United States
National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) take industrial action and initiate a work stoppage at 11:00 local time, the first such action since 1978, after a breakdown in labour negotiations. The NSO management and the NSO musicians reach a settlement by 14:30 local time the same day. •
30 September –
Brandeis University communicates a notice of redundancy and dissolution to the Lydian String Quartet, the resident string quartet at the university. •
1 October • The
MacArthur Fellows Program announces its 2024 recipients, which include the violinist and composer Johnny Gandelsman. • The
Grant Park Music Festival announces the appointment of
Giancarlo Guerrero as its next artistic director and principal conductor, with immediate effect, with an initial contract of three seasons. •
9 October – The
Danish String Quartet is announced as the recipient of the 2025
Léonie Sonning Music Prize, the first ensemble to receive the prize in its history. •
15 October – The
Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland awards the 34th Würth Prize to
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla in the awards ceremony in Künzelsau. •
16 October • The New Zealand String Quartet Trust announces the resignations of first violinist
Helene Pohl and cellist
Rolf Gjelsten from the ensemble, with immediate effect. •
Houston Grand Opera announces that
Patrick Summers is to stand down as its artistic director and music director at the conclusion of the 2025-2026 season. •
20 October – The BBC announces Ryan Wang as the winner of the BBC Young Musician 2024 competition. •
23 October – The Festival de Lanaudière announces the appointment of Clément Joubert as its new executive director. •
25 October – The
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra announces that
Ken-David Masur is to conclude his tenure as its music director at the close of the 2025-2026 season. •
1 November – The
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra announces that Benedikt Fohr is to stand down as its chief executive at the close of the 2024-2025 season, in July 2025. •
2 November –The Royal Philharmonic Society awards
Yo-Yo Ma the Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal at the Barbican Centre, London. •
4 November – The
New York Philharmonic announces the dismissal of Matthew Muckey and Liang Wang as members of the orchestra, effective with the start of the 2025-2026 season, following a re-investigation of accusations of sexual assault and sexual harassment against them. •
5 November – Scottish Ensemble announces the appointment of James Hardie as its chief executive, effective January 2025. •
7 November – The
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra announces that Jon Limbacher is to stand down as its chief executive on 31 December 2025. •
8 November – The
Staatsoper Stuttgart announces the appointment of
Nicholas Carter as its next GMD, effective with the 2026-2027 season. •
13 November •
Opera America announces that Marc A. Scorsa is to stand down as its president and chief executive officer at the end of December 2025. • The
Pacific Symphony announces the appointment of
Alexander Shelley as its next music director, effective with the 2026-2027 season, with an initial contract of five years. •
18 November – The
Utah Symphony announces the appointment of
Markus Poschner as its next music director, effective with the 2027-2028 season. •
19 November – The Berkeley Symphony announces that
Joseph Young is to conclude his tenure as its music director at the close of the 2024–2025 season. •
21 November – The
Orchestre National de France announces the appointment of
Philippe Jordan as its next music director, effective with the 2027-2028 season. In parallel, Cristian Măcelaru is scheduled to stand down as the orchestra's music director at the close of the 2026-2027 season. •
22 November – The
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of
Adam Hickox as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2025–2026 season. •
25 November – The
Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra announces that Keitaro Harada is to conclude his tenure as its music director on 30 June 2027. •
28 November – The
Leeds International Piano Competition announces that Adam Gatehouse is to stand down as its artistic director in the spring of 2025. •
29 November – The
Teatro Regio (Turin) announces the appointment of Andrea Battistoni as its next music director, effective 1 January 2025, with an initial contract of two seasons. •
2 December • The New York Philharmonic announces the appointment of Matías Tarnopolsky as its next president and chief executive officer, effective 1 January 2025. • The
Philadelphia Orchestra announces the departure of Matías Tarnopolsky as its president and chief executive officer at the close of 2024. • The
University of Louisville announces Christian Mason as the recipient of the 2025
Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, for his work
Invisible Threads. •
6 December –
Sean Rafferty presents his final broadcast of
In Tune on BBC Radio 3. •
7 December • A concert for the reopening of
Notre-Dame de Paris features the cathedral's four
organistes titulaires, Olivier Latry, Vincent Dubois, Thierry Escaich and Thibault Fajoles, and such classical music artists as Benjamin Bernheim, Khatia Buniatishvili, Gautier Capuçon, Renaud Capuçon, Lang Lang, Daniel Lozakovich, Yo-Yo Ma, Nadine Sierra, and Pretty Yende, with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. • The newly formed Constellation Orchestra and Choir gives its first performance under the direction of Sir
John Eliot Gardiner at the
Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg. •
8 December – The Goldner String Quartet gives its final performance at Verbruggen Hall,
Sydney Conservatorium of Music. •
9 December – The New Jersey Symphony announces the appointment of Terry D. Loftis as its next president and chief executive officer, effective in March 2025. •
17 December – The
Landestheater Niederbayern announces the appointment of Elisa Gogou as its next General Music Director (
Generalmusikdirektorin), the first female conductor to be named to the post, effective with the 2026-2027 season. •
18 December – The
Spanish National Orchestra announces the appointment of
Kent Nagano as its next artistic director and chief conductor, effective with the 2026–2027 season, with an initial contract of five seasons. In parallel,
David Afkham is scheduled to stand down as the orchestra's artistic director and chief conductor at the close of the 2025–2026 season. •
19 December – The
Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía announces that
James Gaffigan is to stand down as its music director at the close of the 2024-2025 season. •
20 December – The
Deutsche Oper am Rhein announces that Christoph Meyer is to stand down as its
Generalintendant on 30 March 2025, for health reasons. •
25 December – The Christmas Service at
St Paul's Cathedral features girls as full choristers for the first time in the institution's history, with five girl choristers as part of the service. ==New works==