The Sydney Symphony has recruited Simon Cobcroft as Associate Principal Cello.
He has been playing until now in the Adelaide Symphony, after a spell in the dreaded Malaysian Philharmonic.
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Happy “birth”- day to Wigmore Hall (inasmuch as bricks and mortar are birthed). On the hall’s actual 125th anniversary, it was Lise Davidsen and the equally astonishing collaborative pianist James Baillieu who did the honours: […]
When the Paris Opera planned to give the first performance at the theatre of Verdi’s Otello the maestro was extremely puzzled when it was announced that they would be performing the opera in Italian. Hitherto the […]
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.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Choral music is flourishing in Taiwan: composer Will Todd on his experiences collaborating with the Soochow University Alumni Choir in Taiwan")
