Leipzigers attended a free premiere on Saturday of one of the recent Mozart discoveries, a 12-minute trio titled Serenate ex C. It is listed in the new Köchel catalogue as the “Ganz kleine Nachtmusik”, or ‘very […]
Stuttgart Ballet has finally parted company with music director Mikhail Agrest, erasing his name from the new season brochure. He was first dismissed in 2021 after dancers complained his tempi were too fast. Since then, […]
From Bruce Duffie’s 1990 interview in Chicago with the Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin, who died this week: RS: I must tell you little story. I know Shostakovich personally, himself, because my father a few years […]