We reported in December that the Venezuelan violinist, Gabriela Lara, concertmaster of the Chicago Civic Orchestra, was Klaus Mäkelä’s first hire at the Chicago Symphony. It now turns out she is the first Latina in […]
A group calling itself ‘Jewish Artists for Palestine’ caused a ten-minute break in last night’s Melbourne Symphony concert at the BBC Proms. The group issued a claim to the effect that they had targeted the […]
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has appointed Donald Palumbo as choirmaster of the Chicago Symphony Chorus from July 1. Palumbo retired recently after 17 years leading the Metropolitan Opera Chorus in New York. The post Chicago […]