Royal Liverpool Phil’s Sandra Parr has reported the death of former Merseyside Youth Orchestra star Tim Watts.
Timothy went on to become 2nd oboe of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Principal Oboe of English Touring Opera and Southern Sinfonia. He studied at Cambridge University and the Royal College of Music.
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A massive cut has been made in state and local subsidies for the lake-top Bregenz Festival at the western edge of the Austrian republic. In a cooordinated triple-whammy, the centreal govenment, region and the town […]
Later this month violinist Jorge Jiménez and his ensemble Tercia Realidad are releasing their disc, Farinelli’s Violin on Pan Classics. The disc features arias writtens for the castrato Farinelli in new versions where it is […]
The death has been announced of Jarmo Sermilä, former director of the Finnish Music Information Centre and YLE’s experimental studio. He was also curator of the Sibelius childhood home museum. The post Finnish composer, 85 […]
