New light on Prokofiev’s Spanish wife?

The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra has launched a competition for amatuer musicians to display their skills. Entrants are required to upload a solo performance of up to three minutes inspired by birds or birdsong. Full details […]

A report from Jonathan Sutherland: Zubin Mehta made his debut with the Belgrade Philharmonic in 1958 immediately after winning the Liverpool International Conductors Competition. He was 22 years old. The Bombay-born maestro, now 88, has […]

I once offended the great man by deprecating the jacket he wore to work at IRCAM. It was a rumpled tweedy garment, half-town, half-country. ‘What’s wrong with it?’ he cried. ‘It lacks style,’ I said, […]