The Brazilian Academy of Music mourns the death of pianist Maria Josephina Mignone at the age of 101 years.
She founded the “Francisco Mignone Cultural Center and was the premier interpreter of her huband’s works.
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A message from violinist Maxim Vengerov: Fantastic to see Barenboim at his home. I am so proud to have studied with him for so many years, play so many concerts and recorded with him both […]
Putting San Francisco far behind him, the Finn is plunging into Nietzsche and Strauss on the Hamburg docks. The post Esa-Pekka Salonen gets out beyond the Bay appeared first on Slippedisc.
In the week that composer Per Nørgård passed away, we are informed of the death of the important conductor Tamás Vetö. He died a week after his 90th birthday. A fugitive from the 1956 Hungarian […]
