The death has been announced, after a long illness, of the drum professor Martin France.
Using electronic and sequenced drums and percussion, France featured on more than 100 albums and appeared regularly in Hamburg with the NDR Big Band.
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Violinist Midori Komachi at Imogen Holst’s house (Photo: Britten Pears Arts)The bungalow designed and built specifically for the composer by modernist architect HT ‘Jim’ Cadbury-Brown in a corner of his garden, reflecting the architect’s own […]
In an act of Kremlin musical chairs, the Russian leader has reshuffled his Presidential Council for Culture and Art. Out goes the former Bolshoi chief, Vladimir Urin, who was never much of a Putinist. In […]
From a press release: Chamber Music America Responds to NEA Funding Rescissions with New Grant Program. Together with the Sewell Family Foundation, CMA will provide $75,000 to organizations and ensembles that have lost federal funding. […]
