International soprano returns to Gergiev’s Bolshoi

Deborah Rutter left the Chicago Symphony Orchestra after a confrontation with music director Riccardo Muti. Neither backed down. One had to go. Rutter has now been sacked  by a bigger bully in the White House. […]

From our agony aunt: Dear Alma, I won my place in this orchestra together with my best friend from college. She’s outgoing, I’m so not. Two seasons in, I think she’s slept with five musicians, […]

In our report on Wednesday’s performance of the Babi Yar Symphony at the Royal Festival Hall, we found cause to praise the ‘impressive performance of the London Philharmonic male chorus’. This drew a prompt request […]