The Freiburg Chamber Orchestra has replaced its founding conductor Laurent Gendre with Philipp Bach. Gendre has led the orchestra since its inception in 2009.
The Metropolitan Opera has appointed Daniele Rustioni as its principal guest conductor to cover for Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s ever more extensive commitments elsewhere. Rustioni’s three-year engagement starts next season. He made his Met debut seven years […]
Major names have signed on to conduct the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras in their first full season since firing the founder, Sir John Eliot Gardiner. The season includes Mozart with Marc Minkowski, Bach with Masaaki […]
The death of the iconic French actor Michel Blanc, aged 72, is being mourned in the highest corridors of power. President Macron said: ‘He made us cry with laughter, and moved us to tears.’ Prime […]