Yannick’s holiday picks

Many French musicians regret the passing of Fuminori Tanada, pianist of the contemporary music group Ensemble Itineraire for which he also composed. Originally from Okayama he studied ciomposition at the National University of Art and […]

Many readers will remember John Adams’ inspired setting of the John Donne poem in Doctor Atomic. Well, here’s another. It’s by a British composer, Joanna Marsh, who lives in Dubai.   The post More than […]

This is slightly out of the ordinary. A festival in Australia has appointed the concertmaster of the nearest orchestra to be its next director. She is Kate Suthers of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. The event […]