The Peruvian Dayner Tafur-Díaz has won the Siemens Conductors Competition with a prize of studying in the Karajan Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker. Tafur-Díaz, 26, stood out among 68 contestants from 29 countries.
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The London end of AskonasHolt has signed the signature Austrian bass, Günther Groissböck. He was formerly with Nicola Kamphausen at Hilbert. Groissböck, 50 this month, warrants a higher global profile that he has obtained so […]
The late Sir Andrew Davis was due to conduct Prom 53 on August 30. His sudden death last month has led to a revised concert, conducted by Martin Brabbins: the first half remains the same […]
Deutsch Oper Berlin has learned of the death, last Thursday, of the international set and costume designer Gottfried Pilz. Pilz, who retired two years ago, was 80. Austrian born, he flourished in Berlin alongside Götz […]
