This photo provided by the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra shows new conductor Matthew Kraemer, who is pictured at the Orpheum in New Orleans on Nov. 8, 2022. For 17 seasons, the LPO has been under the musical direction of Carlos Miguel Prieto. That changes in the summer of 2023 when the orchestra begins to take its cues from Kraemer. The orchestra’s Board of Trustees recently announced that Kramer will take over in July 2023 and have his official introduction to music lovers in mid-September. Prieto accepted a new position in North Carolina. (Justen Williams/343 Media/Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra via AP)

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — For 17 seasons the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra has been under the musical direction of Carlos Miguel Prieto. That changes this summer when the LPO begins to take its cues from conductor Matthew Kraemer. The orchestra’s Board of Trustees recently announced that Kramer will take over in July and have his official introduction in mid-September. Kraemer, a native of Indiana, was appointed music director and principal conductor of the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra in 2015. He also served as music director of the Butler County Symphony in Pennsylvania and artistic director of Orchestra Indiana. Kraemer has called the new appointment an “opportunity of a lifetime.”