Transcendental elevation with Brahms motets

The ten finalists were made known last night: Eliza Boom, soprano, New Zealand Le Bu, bass-baritone, China Vladislav Chizhov, baritone, Russia Elmina Hasan, mezzo-soprano, Azerbaijan Liam James Karai, bass-baritone, UK/India Jack Lee, baritone, UK Kathleen […]

Between movements of the Mieczyslaw Weinberg violin concerto with the London Philharmonic Orchestra last night,, Gidon Kremer paused to adjust his shoulder rest – only for the wretched thing to break in half. ‘Never happened […]

From a forthright interview by Jeffrey Arlo Brown with violinist Michael Barenboim for VAN magazine:   Would you describe yourself as an anti-Zionist? I definitely don’t see the point in trying to maintain this ideology […]