In April 2023 we reported that the Putin police had broken up a Shostakovich and Weinberg recital by Polina Osetinskaya, a pianist who spoke out against the Ukraine invasion. Since then, Polina has struggled to […]
In April this year, Graham Ross directed the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge in a performance of Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 at Smith Square Hall (formerly St John’s Smith Square). The performance featured the English […]
The once-independent French classical label, based in Arles, was bought out by the Belgian group Pias in 2015. Two years ago, Universal took a 49% stake in Pias. Today it absorbed the rest of the […]