PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The heartbeat of any orchestra is the conductor. The conductor sets the tone for the members and their music, and the Philadelphia Orchestra has a new assistant conductor, Naomi Woo. She's early in her career but already making a ...

CLEVELAND — Rising Japanese-American conductor Taichi Fukumura has been tapped as The Cleveland Orchestra's next assistant conductor, the ensemble announced Wednesday. Fukumura, the music director of the Illinois Symphony Orchestra, will take up his post ...

For the Melbourne Community Orchestra, Mark Nelson holds the baton and will program his favorite compositions during Conductor's Choice, a pair of concerts at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday evenings,

TOKYO (AP) — Seiji Ozawa, the Japanese conductor who amazed audiences with the lithe physicality of his performances during three decades at the helm of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, has died, his management office said Friday. He was 88. The ...