It is also marks the start of his first season leading the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, whose previous music director — the renowned Kent Nagano — held that coveted position from 2006 to 2020.

Since its release last fall, Tár has inspired a flurry of discourse from critics and real-life conductors, including Marin Alsop, JoAnn Falletta, Simone Young and Leonard Slatkin, questioning ...

Rafael Payare, the musical director and conductor of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (left), violinist Hilary Hahn (center) and pianist Sunwoo Yekwon participate in a press conference held at the ...

Last year, Megill prepared the chorus to sing “Resurrection” with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, which Payare also directs. “The biggest difficulties of this piece are the extremely wide ...