Sarah Dayan is stepping down as first violin of Quatuor Vice, which she co-founded in 2004. She’ll be devoting more time to teaching quartet studies at the Paris Conservatoire. Her successor is Hélène Maréchaux (pic). […]
Giovanni Sgambati (1841-1914), a favourite student of Liszt, was admired by Wagner: that’s quite a CV. Here we have two works: the large-scale Piano Concerto in G minoring the Sinfonia festiva. Sgambati is probably best […]
I saw a lot of good theatre while I was in New York recently, including most of the shows which are nominated for Tonys. One of the best was The Outsiders, which could possibly win the Best […]