There are signs that Russia’s cultural isolation may be easing.
The Bolshoi has been invited to Serbia and Thailand next month.
Its new chief Valery Gergiev is pulling out all the stops to break out onto the world stage.
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Message received: Last weekend brought a special encounter: Víkingur Ólafsson, our Artist-in-Residence this season, met Lahav Shani, who takes on that role in the upcoming season. Together with the Wiener Symphoniker under the baton of […]
The revered violinist Haim Taub, concertmaster of the Israel Philharmonic for two decandes until 1988, died today at the age of 99. A student of Oedoen Partos at the Tel Aviv Academy and then of […]
The next Generalmusikdirector of the Lower Bavarian Landestheater is to be the Greek conductor Elisa Gogou. She will succeed Basil Coleman in 2026. Gogou, 50, was selected from among 110 applicants. Formerly a pianist, she […]
.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "A terrific sense of collaboration: composer Colin Matthews and writer William Boyd on their first opera, A Visit to Friends")
