New online: Klaus Mäkelä’s double act

It is reported that the well-known St Petersburg musician Vadim Stroykin fell from the window of his 10th floor apartment ‘while being visited by the security services’. Kremlin-lined social media sites said he ‘went into […]

Moscow-trained Ilya Shmukler, 27, has swept the board at the Geza Anda piano competition in Geneva. He won the main prize, audience prize and the young jury’s vote, plus best Mozart performance.   The post […]

Two Florida orchestras have now ceased operations. The Punta Gorda Symphony, which shuttered last year, has been joined by the Southwest Florida Symphony, based in Fort Myers. Both orchestras suffered setbacks during Covid but the […]