The much-recorded Valerie Tryon passed 90 last month without fuss.
She has lived in Canada since 1976 and is being celebrated this week at a concert at McMaster University.
Details here.
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The career of Georges Pretre – who would have turned 100 this week – was unconventional, to say the least. He won his greatest respect and affection in Vienna, where he conducted the symphony orchestra […]
The Minnesota Orchestra has uploaded Gabriela Montero’s decidedly political concerto on those who ‘hold our continent hostage to tyranny’. The post A concerto against the Maduro regime appeared first on Slippedisc.
Renowned for his Wagner Ring cycle at the Met and countless thoughtful productions in Europe, the Viennese opera director OttoSchenk died today at his Austrian lake house, at the age of 94. Schenk was still […]
