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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It’s August. There are daily review and reports from Salzburg, Bayreuth, the BBC Proms, Edinburgh…. even Schleswig-Holstein. What’s missing? Verbier. Despite attracting big-name performers and high-worth audiences, the Swiss mountain-tent festival has lost almost all […]
Grange Park Opera this morning sealed a deal to secure the summer employment of the orchestra of English National Opera. Under the five-year agreement, the orchestra will play the entire Ring Cycle from 2026 to […]
Carl Nielsen’s music to The Mother: A Play in a Prologue and Seven Scenes by Helge Rode was recorded in full for the first time here. Some excerpts have found their way in into record […]
