But the gifted 69-year-old trumpeter who's been with the orchestra for more than four decades isn’t done with music or the ...

Isaac Thompson has been named president and chief executive officer of the Minnesota Orchestra, returning to his home area ...

The Minnesota Orchestra’s new president and CEO returns to his home state with a vision that blends civic purpose with ...

The Minnesota Orchestra has appointed Isaac Thompson as its next president and CEO. A native of the Twin Cities and a ...

The opening of a North Minneapolis riverfront amphitheater is coming sooner than you might expect, given how long it took to ...

In the 1968-'69 season, he conducted its much publicized performance at the United Nations in 1968, and he was behind the design and building of Orchestra Hall as the permanent home for the Orchestra.

Dessa is going ahead with a Minneapolis concert and two other Midwest gigs in August, but she will be singing the blues at ...

MPR colleagues discuss 100 years of broadcasting Minnesota Orchestra concerts. YourClassical MPR host Melissa Ousley talks with retired music librarian and music director John Michel, Minnesota ...

Nationally, most of the major orchestras offer some kind of radio broadcast, but only the Boston Symphony has had a live series longer than MPR's, said Minnesota Orchestra spokesperson Gwen Pappas.

Mitropoulos, a giant of the Minneapolis Symphony, did indeed intend to hire Bernstein — then a music student and promising pianist — if not to be an associate conductor, then to be his assistant.

Having worked closely with the Chamber Orchestra of St. Paul, in 2007 Skrowaczewski accepted succeed Gerd Albrecht in front of the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra for three seasons.