Nabucco? Nothing to do with Jews

From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Did Bartók play klezmer? The Hungarian composer enthused over many authentic forms of folk music and spent his summers tracking them down across the Balkans, the Iberian peninsula […]

The University of Michigan has become notorious for misdemeanours in its music department. Recent mendacities include: • Voice Professor David Daniels was promoted then fired for sexually assaulting a student.   • Violin Professor Stephen […]

Peter Dobrin reports that the Philadelphia music director was disturbed again mid-concert by a ringing phone. Bruckner was the victim. Last time, Yannick gave the audience a tongue-lashing. Doesn’t seemed to have worked. Maybe he […]