The Brazilian Alex Klein, dismissed yesterday as principal oboe by the Calgary Philharmonic, has issued a Yotube video describing his struggles with the onset of dystonia. ‘I lost just about everything a person can lose,’ he says.
Klein was fired for allegedly publishing inappropriate messages on social media.
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Although nothing has shown up on their website, promoters of the current US tour of the Hagen Quartet have proclaimed it as their last. The Austrian quartet, comprising twp brothers and two sisters (one of […]
The international Mirjam Helin singing competition in Helsinki has been won by the Chinese mezzo-soprano Jingjing Xu. She takes home 50,000 Euros. The jury consisted of Soile Isokoski, Dawn Upshaw, Bo Skovhus, Randi Stene, Luca […]
Further to our report in cracks in the Voices Foundation, which helps improve singing in schools, we now understand from the charity’s annual report that it is to be shut down. At the end of […]
