The award winning pianist and Moscow Conservatoire professor Yuri Slepanov died today in Moscow. He was a finalist at Leeds (1969) and the Tchaikovsky (1970) before winning a UUSR-only competition in Talinn. The post Russian […]
Jews will go to synagogues tonight with heavy hearts. No year has been harder in living memory. No answers are expected with confidence. Here are some points of musical contemplation. The post Music for a […]
Handel: Acis and Galatea – chorus – Opera Holland Park (Photo: Ali Wright) Handel: Acis and Galatea; Elizabeth Karani, Anthony Gregory, Chuma Sijeqa, Ruari Bowen, director: Louise Bakker, City of London Sinfonia, conductor: Michael Papadopoulos; […]