Thomas Adès to become the Hallé Orchestra’s Principal Guest Conductor

The honours system recognises people who have made achievements in public life and committed themselves to serving and helping Britain.

The 26th anniversary of the awards proved to be a triumphant year for Scottish and Japanese dance in particular.

The role of Generalmusikdirektor includes leading both the Bayerische Staatsoper and the Staatsorchester.

The Russian-Finnish conductor will take up his new Principal Conductor post in Helsinki from August 2026.

The appointment follows a growing relationship between the Ossetian conductor and the Geneva-based orchestra that began in 2024.

The UK Competition and Markets Authority’s Conduct Requirement represents the first step in constraining one of the major AI companies to consider the interests of the publishers whose content they scrape.