Classical Music Reviews
Miracles & Mysteries: the 2026 Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival
This year’s Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival takes Miracles & Mysteries as its theme. For one captivating weekend, 22 to 24 May 2026, Beverley’s visitors and residents will be able to enjoy concerts, […]
Sandrine Piau at Wigmore Hall
Wigmore Hall 125:Schubert, Clara Schumann, Wolf, Poulenc, Lili Boulanger, Ravel, Jeanne Bernard Sandrine Piau (soprano); David Kadouch (piano). Wigmore Ha, 1pm, 09.02.2026 Schubert Schwanengesang, D 957: Liebesbotschaft; Ständchen; Am Meer. Clara Schumann Ich hab’ in […]
Frederick Waxman & Figure are Side by Side again, with Baroque music alongside the new including a commission from Isabella Gellis
Frederick Waxman and Figure Frederick Waxman and his ensemble Figure are back at Smith Square Hall on 9 April 2026 with another of their Side by Side events presenting Baroque and contemporary music for strings. […]
Deidamia, Messiah, 20 years of the festival orchestra: International Handel Festival Göttingen 2026
George Petrou’s producttion of Handel’s Deidamia at Wexford Festival Opera in 2025 with Nicolò Balducci (Photo: Pádraig Grant) The International Handel Festival Göttingen returns for 2026 with 96 events across 12 days, from 14 to […]
Classical Music News
ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA’S JENNY MOLLICA APPOINTED TO LEAD THE ROUNDHOUSE
The announcement was made today that Jenny Mollica, Chief Executive of English National Opera (ENO), has been appointed the new CEO of the Roundhouse. She will step down from her current role in summer 2026. […]
ENO LAUNCHES INTERNATIONAL SEARCH FOR NEXT MACKERRAS FELLOW AS PART OF CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS
English National Opera (ENO) today celebrates the centenary of the birth of Sir Charles Mackerras by opening applications for the next ENO Mackerras Fellowship – the first to take place under the company’s new Music […]
Houston Grand Opera Nominated for 2026 GRAMMY Award for Intelligence
Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s company-commissioned 2023 world premiere opera receives nomination for Best Opera RecordingAlbum represents first release from the new Houston Grand Opera label, created with London Symphony Orchestra’s label LSO Live HOUSTON—November 7, […]
Just in: Berlin Philharmonic blasts the Belgians
Statement by the board of the Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation on the withdrawal of the invitation from the Flanders Festival Ghent to Lahav Shani, Lisa Batiashvili and the Munich Philharmonic “It was with great dismay and incomprehension […]
