The English conductor came from a family of academics. When she graduated from Oxford and said she was going to make a career as a conductor, both parents were horrified.
She describes their reaction to Zsolt Bognar in the latest episode of Living the Classical Life. She now admits: ‘Yes, it was lonely out there.’
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The Athens State Orchestra (Kratiki Orchistra Athinon) has confirmed Katerina Chatzinkolau as its concertmster, the country’s only female orchestra leader. Greek born, Katerina was previously 3rd Concertmaster at Duisburg Philharmonic/Deutsche Oper am Rhein. The post […]
The death has been reported of Raul Barboza, master of the accordion who weaned the French off their wheezy soundscape onto a Latinate cosmopolitanism. Raul was 87. He migrated to France almost half a lifetime […]
The funeral will take place tomorrow of Marco Bergonzi, son of the great tenor Carlo, who spent his later years at Marco’s hostelry in Bussetto, Verdi’s birthplace. Marco’s hotel is named I due foscari. Marco […]
