Watch: Jussi Björling comemmorates Jean Sibelius

The independent minded theatre director Wolfgang Engel has died at 81. He made his name internationally with a Dresden production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, refusing the East German state prize as a mark […]

The Romanian migrant Ionut Cibotariu was working on the catering team at the Flagey theatre in Brussels when a manager heard him practising backstage. From there to a recital was just a short contract. He […]

The surprise entry in Apple Classical’s global streaming chart this week is Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, in a reduced four-hand piano version, in at #6. Do not try this at home. Here’s the chart, exclusive […]