There’s a famous 1947 Cartier-Bresson photograph of Igor plus Puss which we can’t reproduce.
The composer was feline in so many ways.
And he composed The Owl and the Pussycat, a forerunner to theLloyd Webber musical, CATS.
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Deutsche Oper Berlin has appointed Anna Handler as its Kapellmeister From September. She will conduct 11 operas in her first season. Anna is a former Dudamel Fellow and assistant conductor at the Boston Symphony Prchestra. […]
The Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez will launch Florez Records in October. The debut release will be zarazuela songs, accompanied by the Peruvian youth otherstra, conductor Ana Maria Patiño-Osorio. Press release below. The multi award […]
An ecstatic reception of Petrenko’s Mahler Ninth with the Israel Philharmonic has been accompanied by thoughtful reviews. Petrenkko himself wrote in a programme note that he did not accept the collective conducting wisdom that the […]
%20with%20a%20young%20performer%20from%20StAMP%20(Photo%20Neil%20Hanna)%202.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Donnerstags-Abschied: 2026 East Neuk Festival plans tribute to the late John Wallace with a work he wanted to bring to the festival but never achieved")
