We understand that principal trombone Jay Friedman will retired from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in September 2025. He may well be currently the longest serving principal player in any leading orchestra worldwide. Auditions have been […]
The interim management of the NY Philharmonic has offered the musicians a 30 percent pay raise, taking the basic minimum wage in the stringa to $205,000 a year. Players in other sections automatically earn more. […]
It has been annoucned that the UK-based South African cellist and singer Abel Selaocoe will play a Sunday morning spot at the rock-inconic Glastonbury Festival this summer. He will appear with his Bantu Ensemble with […]