Those brilliant boys of Tölz

The Jerusalem chamber music festival, directed by Barenboim’s wife Elena Bashkirova and involving many of their close friends, was due to open on September 3. It was cancelled last night because of sky wars in […]

Paris has announced its annual July 14 concert and it’s much lower key than usual. The event is being moved from its normal venue beside the Eiffel Tower to the  the forecourt of the Hôtel […]

The death was made known today of the long-serving Chief Conductor of the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra Vladimír Válek. He was 89 years old. Founder of the Dvořák Chamber Orchestra in 1970, Valek was in […]