The University of Exeter has awarded a degree of Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) to Dougie Scarfe (centre), chief executive of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
The award is for his ‘commitment to breaking down barriers in classical music’.
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Messages of sorrow and sympathy have poured in overnight for Pierre Audi, director of the Aix-en-Provence festival, who died suddenly at 67. Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam: It is with great sadness that we learned of the […]
%20in%20The%20Merry%20Widow.%20Credit%20Mihaela%20Bodlovic.%20(2).jpg?w=670&resize=670,446&ssl=1 "The Merry Widow meets the Godfather: Scottish Opera brings John Savournin's new production of Lehár's operetta to Opera Holland Park")
Lehár: The Merry Widow – Alex Otterburn, Henry Waddington – Scottish Opera (Photo: Mihaela Bodlovic) Lehár: The Merry Widow; Paula Sides, Alex Otterburn, Rhian Lois, William Morgan, Henry Waddington, director: John Savournin, Scottish Opera, conductor: […]
Over the hoplidays this week, BBC Radio 3 is running three new Lebrecht Interviews with leading figures in thee music world. Two are notoriously elusive. This is, I am told, the first programme-length interview Itzhak […]
