The Israeli-Palestinian pianist Nabil Hayek took first prize last night in the Jose Iturbi Competition in Valencia. Hayek, 23, studied with Arie Vardi in Tel Aviv and with Murray Perahia in Jerusalem. A practising Christian, […]
After a longer than expected absence for two leg surgeries, Christian Thielemann is back rehearsing at the Vienna State Opera. The work is a lifelong favourite – Hans Pfitzner’s Palestrina, about a composer who showed […]
Tip a hat to Grammy-nominated Brian Pidgeon who is, we think, the most prolific record producer in the UK. Brian has made around 400 recordings. He was Simon Rattle’s first record producer with the Merseyside […]