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Events

• 5 January – The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Robert Spano as its principal conductor, with immediate effect. ^[1]
• 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. ^[2]
• 9 January – The Cincinnati May Festival announces the appointment of Julia Wolfe as its first-ever festival director. ^[3]
• 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. ^[4]
  • Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts announces Hilary Hahn as the recipient of the 2024 Avery Fisher Prize. ^[5]
• 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. ^[6]
  • New Orleans Opera announces the appointment of Lila Palmer as its next general director and artistic director, effective 15 May 2024. ^[7]
  • Third Coast Baroque announces cessation of operations. ^[8]
• 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. ^[9]
• 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. ^{[10] [11]}
• 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. ^[12]
• 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. ^[13]
  • 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. ^[14]
  • The Cincinnati May Festival announces that Steven R. Sunderman is to retire as its executive director as of 2 July 2024. ^[15]
  • Wigmore Hall announces Igor Levit as the recipient of The Wigmore Hall Medal for 2024, the youngest recipient in the award's history. ^[16]
• 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. ^[17]
• 24 January
  • The Ernst von Siemens Foundation (Musikstiftung) announces Unsuk Chin as the recipient of the 2024 Ernst von Siemens Music Prize. ^[18]
  • 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. ^[19]
• 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, ^[20] and the appointment of Josep Pons as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2025–2026 season. ^[21]
  • 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. ^[22]
  • 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. ^[23]
• 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. ^[24]
• 29 January
  • Equity announces an interim agreement with English National Opera that forestalls previously declared intentions of industrial action. ^[25]
  • 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. ^[26]
  • Boston Lyric Opera announces the appointment of Nina Yoshida Nelsen as its next artistic director, effective 1 February 2024. ^[27]
  • 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. ^[28]
• 30 January – Chattanooga Symphony and Opera announces the appointment of Susan W. Caminez as its next executive director, effective in the spring of 2024. ^[29]
• 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. ^[30]
• 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. ^[31]
• 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. ^[32]
• 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. ^[33]
• 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. ^[34]
  • 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. ^[35]
• 8 February – Kings Place announces the appointment of Sam McShane as its next artistic director, effective 20 May 2024. ^[36]
• 15 February – The BBC announces a new partnership between the BBC Singers and the Voces8 Foundation for future sustainability of the BBC Singers. ^[37]
• 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. ^[38]
• 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. ^[39]
• 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. ^[40]
• 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. ^[41]
• 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. ^[42]
• 4 March
  • The BBC Concert Orchestra announces the appointment of Matthew Swann as its next Director, effective 27 March 2024. ^[43]
  • 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. ^[44]
• 5 March
  • The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Sarah Bardwell as its next managing director. ^[45]
  • Naxos Music Group and Klaus Heymann announce their acquisition of Chandos Records. ^[46]
  • 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. ^[47]
  • 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. ^[48]
• 6 March
  • The National Opera Studio announces the appointment of Eric Melear as its next artistic director, effective July 2024. ^[49]
  • 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. ^[50]
• 10 March – The short documentary film The Last Repair Shop receives the 2024 Oscar for Best Documentary Short Film. ^[51]
• 12 March
  • The Venice Biennale announces its 2024 Lion Awards for Music: ^[52]
    • 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. ^[53]
  • The Columbus Symphony announces that Denise Rehg is to stand down as its executive director at the close of August 2024. ^[54]
• 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. ^{[55] [56]}
  • American Youth Symphony announces permanent cessation of operations, effective 15 March 2024. ^[57]
• 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. ^[58]
  • 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. ^{[59] [60]}
• 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. ^[61]
  • 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. ^[62]
• 22 March – The Pasadena Symphony and Pops announces the appointment of Brett Mitchell as its next music director, effective 1 April 2024. ^[63]
• 26 March – Anne-Sophie Mutter announces her intention to take a sabbatical from performing in the later portion of 2024. ^[64]
• 28 March – The Stichting Omroep Muziek announces the appointment of Simone Mejier as its next managing director, effective 1 June 2024. ^[65]
• 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. ^{[66] [67]}
  • 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. ^[67]
  • In a report in The New York Times, Klaus Mäkelä states that he is to stand down as music director of the Orchestre de Paris at the close of the 2026–2027 season. ^[67]
  • The Orion String Quartet performs its final concert at Alice Tully Hall in New York City. ^[68]
• 3 April – The Metropolitan Opera announces the appointment of Tilman Michael as its next chorus director, effective with the 2024–2025 season. ^[69]
• 3 April – The Theater Chemnitz announces the appointment of Benjamin Reiners as its next Generalmusikdirektor, effective with the 2025–2026 season. ^[70]
• 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. ^[71]
  • Britten Pears Arts announces the appointment of Andrew Comben as its next chief executive officer, effective September 2024. ^[72]
• 9 April – The Oakland Symphony announces the appointment of Kedrick Armstrong as its music director, with immediate effect. ^[73]
• 10 April – Edo de Waart announces his retirement from conducting. ^{[74] [75]}
• 12 April – The Solti Foundation US announces François López-Ferrer as the 15th recipient of the Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award. ^[76]
• 15 April – The Three Choirs Festival announces that Alexis Paterson is to stand down as its chief executive after the 2024 season. ^[77]
• 16 April
  •  La Scala announces the appointment of Fortunato Ortombina as its next general director, effective with the 2025–2026 season. ^[78]
  • 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. ^[79]
• 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. ^[80]
  • The Opéra Orchestre national Montpellier announces the appointment of Roderick Cox as its new music director, effective September 2024. ^[81]
• 20 April – The Malko Competition announces the prize winners of its 2024 competition: ^[82]
  • 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. ^[83]
  • 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. ^[84]
  • 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. ^[85]
• 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. ^[86]
  • The first Arabic-language grand opera to be staged in Saudi Arabia, Zarqa Al Yamama, is premiered in Riyadh. ^[87]
• 26 April – The Flanders Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Martijn Dendievel as its next chief conductor, effective January 2026 season. ^[88]
• 29 April – The St. Lawrence String Quartet announces that it is to disband at the close of the 2023–2024 season. ^[89]
• 30 April
  • The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden formally announces a name change for the company to the Royal Ballet and Opera. ^[90]
  • Joshua Kosman retires as classical music critic for the San Francisco Chronicle . ^[91]
• 2 May
  • The Los Angeles Philharmonic announces the appointment of Kim Noltemy as its next president and chief executive officer, effective 8 July 2024. ^[92]
  • The Dallas Symphony Orchestra announces that Kim Noltemy is to conclude her tenure as its president and chief executive officer on 28 June 2024. ^[93]
• 3 May
  • The Royal Philharmonic Society announces the appointment of Angela Dixon as its new chair, effective 22 May 2024. ^[94]
  • The Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Daniel Raiskin as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2026–2027 season. ^[95]
• 9 May – The BBC announces the artists for the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme during the period of 2024-2026: ^[96]
  • 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. ^[97]
• 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. ^[98]
• 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. ^[99]
  • The Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of James S. Kahane as its next music director, effective with the 2024–2025 season. ^[100]
• 17 May – The Konzerthausorchester Berlin announces the appointment of Tobias Rempe as its next Intendant, effective in 2025. ^[101]
• 21 May – English National Opera announces the appointment of Jenny Mollica as its next chief executive officer (CEO), with immediate effect. ^[102]
• 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. ^[103]
  • The Montreal Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Mélanie La Couture as its next CEO. ^[104]
• 29 May – English Touring Opera announces that it is to relocate its headquarters to Sheffield, with the process commencing in the autumn of 2024. ^[105]
• 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. ^[106]
• 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. ^[107]
• 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. ^[108]
• 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. ^[109]
  • 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. ^[110]
  • The Albany Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Emily Fritz-Endres as its next executive director, effective August 2024. ^[111]
• 14 June – The King's Birthday Honours 2024 ^[112]
  • 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. ^[113]
• 18 June – The New Jersey Symphony announces that Gabriel van Aalst is to stand down as its president and CEO as of September 2024. ^[114]
• 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. ^[115]
• 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. ^[116]
• 26 June – The BBC announces presenter changes at Radio 3 effective April 2025, including: ^[117]
  • 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. ^[118]
  • The Minnesota Orchestra announces the scheduled departure of Michelle Miller Burns as its president and chief executive officer, effective 13 September 2024. ^[119]
• 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: ^[120]
  • 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. ^[121]
  • 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. ^{[122] [123]}
• 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. ^[124]
• 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. ^[125]
  • Gary Ginstling resigns as president and chief executive of the New York Philharmonic, with immediate effect. ^[126]
• 12 July – The European Union Youth Orchestra announces the appointment of Iván Fischer as its new music director, with immediate effect. ^[127]
• 15 July – The Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne announces the appointment of Dominique Meyer as its next executive director, with immediate effect. ^[128]
• 16 July – The BBC announces the appointment of Jonathan Manners as director of the BBC Singers. ^[129]
• 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. ^[130]
• 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. ^[131]
  • The Orchestre classique de Montréal announces the departure of Jacques Lacombe as its artistic director, with immediate effect. ^[132]
• 24 July – The board of the Monteverdi Choir announces that Sir John Eliot Gardiner is not to return to the organisation. ^[133]
• 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. ^[134]
• 5 August – Lyric Opera of Chicago announces the appointment of John Mangum as its next general director, effective with the autumn of 2024. ^{[135] [136]}
• 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. ^{[137] [138]}
• 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. ^[139]
  • 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. ^{[140] [141]}
  • Opera Theatre of Saint Louis announces the departure of James Robinson as its artistic director, effective September 2024. ^[142]
• 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. ^[143]
  • 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. ^[144]
• 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. ^[145]
• 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. ^[146]
• 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. ^[147]
• 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. ^[148]
• 21 August – Royal Swedish Opera announces the appointment of Tobias Theorell as its next artistic director, effective in 2025. ^[149]
• 22 August
  • The Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science announces Elisabeth Hetherington as the recipient of the 2025 Nederlandse Muziekprijs. ^[150]
  • 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. ^[151]
• 24 August – HRH King Charles III announces the appointment of Errollyn Wallen as the next Master of the King's Music. ^[152]
• 25 August – The Bayreuth Festival announces the appointment of Thomas Eitler-de Lint as the next director of the Bayreuth Festival Chorus. ^[153]
• 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: ^[154]
  • 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. ^[155]
• 30 August – Opera Australia announces that Jo Davies is to stand down as its artistic director, effective at the end of August 2024. ^[156]

New works

• Katy Abbott – Liquid Thunder ^[157]
• John Adams – Frenzy ^[158]
• Thomas Adès – Aquifer ^[159]
• Joanna Bailie – night scenes i & ii ^[160]
• Katherine Balch – musica pyralis ^[161]
• Jasmine Barnes – KINSFOLKNEM ^[162]
• Mason Bates – Nomad Concerto (violin concerto) ^[163]
• Jeff Beal – Body in Motion (violin concerto) ^[164]
• David Behrman – CW90 ^[165]
• Daniel Bjarnason – Fragile Hope ^[166]
• Charlotte Bray – A Dark Doorway ^[167]
• Courtney Bryan – Visual Rhythms ^[168]
• Anna Clyne
  • ATLAS (for piano and orchestra) ^[169]
  • Anna Clyne – The Gorgeous Nothings (texts by Emily Dickinson) ^[170]
•  Francisco Coll – Ciudad sin sueño (for piano and orchestra) ^[171]
• Nathan James Dearden – Messages ^[172]  
• Bryce Dessner – Piano Concerto ^[173]
• Jonathan Dove
  • Togetherness (for string quartet) ^[174]
  • Odyssey (text by Alasdair Middleton) ^[175]
• Connor D’Netto – Witness ^[145]
•  Péter Eötvös – Harp Concerto ^[176]
• Mats Larsson Gothe – Submarea ^[166]
• Miho Hazama – What the wind brings ^[166]
• Gavin Higgins – Horn Concerto ^[177]
• Simon Holt – Serra-Sierra ^[178]
• Sir Stephen Hough – Piano Concerto ('World of Yesterday') ^[179]
• Dani Howard – Ascent ^[180]
• Oswald Huynh – no last days, only more tomorrows ^[181]
• Pierre Jalbert – Equilibrium ^[182]
• Alison Yun-Fei Jiang – Illumination ^[183]
• Natalie Joachim – Cocoon ^[184]
• Daniel Kidane – Aloud (violin concerto)
• Jimmy López Bellido (music) and Nilo Cruz (texts) – Quiet Poems ^[185]
• Steven Mackey – Aluminum Flowers ^[186]
• Ragnhild May – Multiplayer Instrument ^[160]
• Cassandra Miller – Chanter ^[187]
• Conor Mitchell – Riot Symphony ^[188]
• Ben Nobuto – Hallelujah Sim. ^[189]
• Stefan Pohlit – Vapur ^[190]
• James Ra – Te Deum ^[186]
• Maja Ratkje – A Whisper, or a Prayer, or a Song ^[166]
• Olga Rayeva – Am Meer (On the Sea) ^[191]
• Sheridan Seyfried – Forest and Sky ^[192]
• Alvin Singleton – Bed-Stuy Sonata ^[193]
• Asteryth Sloane – Losing the Lark ^[194]
• Gregory Spears – The Neighboring Village (text by Franz Kafka) ^[195]
• Outi Tarkiainen – Mosaics for "A Fragile Hope" ^[166]
• Joel Thompson – To See the Sky ^[196]
• Rick van Veldhuizen – Lantaarns (Lointaines) ^[197]
• Freya Waley-Cohen – Spell Book ^[198]
• Errollyn Wallen – String Quintet ^[199]
• Huw Watkins – Horn Concerto ^[200]
• Alyssa Weinberg – Illuminating Arches ^[201]
• Krzysztof Wołe – Green Grass ^[202]
• Christian Wolff
  • Ghost Swifts ^[165]
  • What If? ^[165]
  • Piece for Seven Percussionists
• Xi Wang – YEAR 2020 (double concerto for violin, trumpet, and orchestra) ^[203]
• Raymond Yiu – Violin Concerto
• Ellen Taaffe Zwilich – Orchestral Excursions (Inspired by Gilbert Maurer's Art Work) ^[204]

New operas

• Lee Bradshaw and Saleh Zamaman – Zarqa Al Yamama ^[87]
• Marc-André Dalbavie and Guillaume Métayer – Melancholie des Widerstands ^[205]
• Elizabeth Gartman and Melisa Tien – Forever ^[206]
• Detlev Glanert and Hans-Ulrich Treichel – Die Jüdin von Toledo ^[207]
• Laura Jobin-Acosta and José Alba Rodríguez – A Way Forward ^[206]
• Bernhard Lang and Frank Witzel – Dora ^[208]
• Hèctor Parra and Fiston Mwanza Mujila - Justice ^[209]
• Joy Redmond and Sam Norman – Hairpiece ^[206]
• Gregory Spears and Tracy K. Smith – The Righteous ^[210]

New albums

• John Adams and Peter Sellars – Girls of the Golden West (first recording) ^[211]
• Franco Alfano – Complete Songs ^[212]
• Timo Andres – The Blind Banister ^[213]
• Havergal Brian – The Cenci (first recording) ^[214]
• Thomas de Hartmann – Cello Concerto, Violin Concerto ^[215]
• Elgar – The Dream of Gerontius (first recording on period instruments) ^[216]
• Imogen Holst – 'Discovering Imogen': Overture Persephone, Suite in F - Allegro assai, Suite for Strings, Variations on "Loth to Depart", 'What Man is He?', Festival Anthem (orchestrated by Colin Matthews), On Westhall Hill ^[217]
• Dorothy Howell – 'Orchestral Works' ('Humoresque, The Rock, Three Divertissements, Lamia, Koong Shee) ^[218]
• Dani Howard – 'Orchestral Works' (Argentum, Trombone Concerto, Ellipsis, Coalescence, Arches) ^[219]
• Elisabeth Lutyens – 'Piano Works, Volume 3' ^[220]
• Kelly Moran – Moves in the Field ^[221]
• Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell – The Shining (first recording)
• Anthony Payne – Visions and Journeys, Half-Heard in the Stillness, The Seeds Long Hidden (first commercial issues) ^[222]
• Adam Pounds – Symphony No. 3 (first recording; coupled with music of Maurice Ravel and Lennox Berkeley) ^[223]
• Giacinto Scelsi – String Quartets (complete), String Trio ^[224]
• Arash Yazdani – Propagation of Uncertainty (orchestral works)
• John Zorn – Her Melodious Lay ^[225]

Deaths

• 1 January – Oldřich Semerák, Czech composer, trombonist and pedagogue, 91 ^[226]
• 6 January – Deborah Reeder, American cellist, 83 ^[227]
• 7 January – William McColl, American clarinetist, 90 ^[228]
• 8 January
  • Tuomo Haapanen, Finnish violinist, pedagogue, and conductor, 99 ^[229]
  • Karel Janovický, Czech composer, pianist, radio producer, translator and administrator, 93 ^[226]
  • Phill Niblock, American avant-garde composer, filmmaker, and videographer, 90 ^[230]
• 10 January – Tamara Milashkina, Russian soprano, 89 ^[226]
• 12 January
  • David Lumsdaine, Australian composer resident in the UK, 92 ^[231]
  • Sidney Weiss, American violinist, 95 ^[232]
• 13 January
  • Bruno Ducol, French composer, pianist and pedagogue, 74 ^[226]
  • Romuald Twardowski, Polish composer, pianist, organist and pedagogue, 93 ^[226]
• 16 January – Peter Schickele, American composer, music educator and parodist, 88 ^[233]
• 17 January – Gerd Uecker, German opera administrator, 77 ^[234]
• 18 January – Ivan Moody, British composer, musicologist and critic, 59 ^[235]
• 19 January – Ewa Podles, Polish contralto, 71 ^[236]
• 23 January – Romana Vaccaro, Czech soprano resident in Germany, 67 ^[226]
• 28 January – Albert Mayr, Italian composer, musicologist and pedagogue, 76 ^[226]
• 2 February – Wilhelmenia Fernandez, American soprano and pedagogue, 75 ^[237]
• 3 February – Hannele Angervo-Segerstam, Finnish orchestra violinist and concertmaster (leader), 80 ^[238]
• 6 February
  • Seiji Ozawa, Japanese conductor, 88 ^[239]
  • Zaven Melikian, Yugoslavia-born American opera orchestra violinist, 94 ^[240]
• 12 February
  • Cliff Colnot, American conductor, 76 ^[241]
  • Rudolf Jansen, Dutch pianist, 84 ^[242]
  • Stewart Robertson, Scottish conductor, 75 ^[243]
• 14 February – Patrick Ireland, British violist and founding violist of the Allegri String Quartet, 100 ^[244]
• 17 February
  • Edmond Baert, Belgian cellist, 90 ^[245]
  • Geoffrey Michaels, Australia-born violinist, violist and pedagogue resident in the US, 79 ^[246]
  • Sally Thomas, American violinist and pedagogue, 92 ^[247]
• 19 February – Dennis Rooney, American classical music radio presenter and producer, 82 ^[248]
• 25 February – Roger E. Myers, Australia-born violist resident in the US, 57 ^[249]
• 27 February – Roger Zabinski, American bow maker, 73 ^[250]
• 28 February – Eugen Indijc, Yugoslavia-born French-American pianist, 76 ^[251]
• 3 March – George E. Allen Sr., American composer and pedagogue, 87 ^[252]
• 5 March – Amnon Weinstein, Israeli luthier and founder of the Violins of Hope collection, 84 ^[253]
• 13 March – Aribert Reimann, German composer, 88 ^[254]
• 14 March – Byron Janis, American pianist, 95 ^[255]
• 23 March
  • Maurizio Pollini, Italian pianist, 82 ^[256]
  • Igor Ozim, Slovenia violinist and pedagogue, 92 ^[257]
• 24 March – Péter Eötvös, Hungarian composer and conductor, 80 ^[258]
• 27 March – Paul Philips, American orchestral violinist, 77 ^[259]
• 7 April – Michael Boder, German conductor, 65
• 18 April – Joséphine Markovits, French arts administrator, 77 ^[260]
• 20 April – Sir Andrew Davis, British conductor, 80 ^[261]
• 27 April – Serge Gaymard, French opera house administrator, 68 ^[262]
• 4 May – Jón Thorsteinsson, Icelandic tenor, 73 ^[263]
• 10 May – Jiří Žigmund, Czech violist and pedagogue, 58 ^[264]
• 25 May – Hugues Gall, French opera house administrator, 84 ^[265]
• 7 June – Ernstalbrecht Stiebler, German composer, 90 ^[266]
• 11 June
  • Éric Tappy, Swiss tenor, 91 ^[267]
  • Charles Geyer, American orchestral trumpet player, 79 ^[268]
  • Kevork Mardirossian, Bulgarian violinist and academic resident in the US, 70 ^[269]
• 13 June – Paul Sperry, American tenor, 90 ^[270]
• 16 June – Jodie Devos, Belgian soprano, 35 ^[271]
• 19 June – James Loughran, Scottish conductor, 92 ^[272]
• 20 June – Maynard Goldman, American orchestral violinist, 88 ^[273]
• 23 June
  • David Tunley, Australian musicologist and composer, 94 ^[274]
  • Albert Payson, American orchestral percussionist, 90 ^[275]
• 27 June – Alexander Knaifel, Russian composer, 80 ^[276]
• 28 June – Lando Bartolini, Italian tenor, 87 ^[277]
• 5 July – Liana Isakadze, Georgian violinist, 77 ^[278]
• 6 July – Teodor Zgureanu, Moldovan choral conductor and composer, 85 ^[279]
• 11 July – Stanislas Deriemaeker, Belgian organist, composer and pedagogue, 92 ^[280]
• 13 July – Ruth Hesse, German mezzo-soprano, 87 ^[281]
• 14 July – Sarah Gibson, American composer, 38 ^[282]
• 16 July
  • April Cantelo, British soprano, 96 ^[283]
  • Elena Mauti Nunziata, Italian soprano, 92 ^[284]
• 17 July – Alcides Lanza, Argentina-born composer resident in Canada, 95 ^[285]
• 20 July – Gladys de Moctezuma, Salvadoran soprano, pedagogue, and arts administrator, 96 ^[286]
• 21 July – Eugene Sârbu, Romanian violinist, 73 ^[287]
• 22 July – Jerzy Artysz, Romanian violinist, 73 ^[288]
• 23 July – Anna Nshanyan, Egyptian soprano, 92 ^[289]
• 25 July – Benjamin Luxon, British baritone, 87 ^[290]
• 27 July – Wolfgang Rihm, German composer, 72 ^[291]
• 1 August – Jürgen Ahrend, German organ builder, 94 ^[292]
• 3 August – Antonio Meneses, Brazilian cellist, 66 ^[293]
• 4 August – Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez, Spanish conductor and composer, 74 ^[294]
• 12 August – Harold Meltzer, American composer, 58 ^[295]
• 20 August – Christopher Pollard, British music magazine editor, 67 ^[296]
• 26 August – Alexander Goehr, British composer, 92 ^[297]

Major awards

• 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Music: Tyshawn Sorey – Adagio (for Wadada Leo Smith) ^[298]

2024 Musical America Award Winners

• Artist of the Year: Lise Davidsen
• Composer of the Year: Kevin Puts
• Conductor of the Year: Sir Antonio Pappano
• Instrumentalist of the Year: Anthony McGill
• Ensemble of the Year: The Crossing ^[299]

2024 Grammy Awards

• Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Rough Magic (works by Eve Beglarian, William Brittelle, Caroline Shaw, and Peter S. Shin); Roomful of Teeth (New Amsterdam)
• Best Choral Performance: Kaija Saariaho – Reconnaissance; Uusinta Ensemble; Helsinki Chamber Choir; Nils Schweckendiek, conductor (BIS)
• Best Classical Compendium: Jeff Scott – Passion for Bach and Coltrane; Alex Brown, Harlem Quartet, Imani Winds, Edward Perez, Neal Smith, A. B. Spellman, musicians; Silas Brown and Mark Dover, producers (Imani Winds Media)
• Best Classical Instrumental Solo: The American Project (music of Teddy Abrams and Michael Tilson Thomas); Yuja Wang, piano; Louisville Orchestra; Teddy Abrams, conductor (Deutsche Grammophon)
• Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: Walking in the Dark – Julia Bullock, vocalist; Christian Reif, pianist and conductor; Philharmonia Orchestra (Nonesuch)
• Best Contemporary Classical Composition: Jessie Montgomery – Rounds (for piano and string orchestra); Awadagin Pratt, piano; A Far Cry (New Amsterdam)
• Best Opera Recording: Terence Blanchard and Michael Cristofer – Champion ; Ryan Speedo Green, Latonia Moore, Eric Owens, Paul Groves, Eric Greene, Stephanie Blythe (singers); The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; David Frost, producer (Metropolitan Opera)
• Best Engineered Album, Classical: Contemporary American Composers (music of Jessie Montgomery, Max Raimi, and Philip Glass); Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor; David Frost and Charlie Post, engineers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (CSO Resound)
• Best Orchestral Performance: Thomas Adès – Dante; Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Master Chorale; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Nonesuch)
• Producer of the Year, Classical: Elaine Martone ^[300]

2024 Royal Philharmonic Society Awards

• Chamber-Scale Composition: Laurence Osborn – TOMB!
• Conductor: François-Xavier Roth
• Ensemble: BBC Singers
• Gamechanger: Sara Lee and the Irene Taylor Trust
• Impact: Call of the Mountains – Clare Johnston and Drake Music Scotland
• Inspiration: Derwent Brass
• Instrumentalist: Jasdeep Singh Degun – sitar
• Large-Scale Composition: Kaija Saariaho – Innocence
• Opera and Music Theatre: Chornobyldorf – Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
• Series and Events: Manchester Classical
• Singer: Nicky Spence
• Storytelling: Quartet – Leah Broad
• Young Artist: Lotte Betts-Dean ^[301]

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