Seven years ago, the Portuguese poet of the piano Maria Joao Pires shocked the classical world by announcing her retirement. It seemed somehow unreasonable as she was playing better than ever and her occasional four-hand […]
Quarterly figures released today show that Radio 3 listenership has topped 2 million once more and a record number of individual hours was spent listening to the station. They must be doing something right. Classic […]
Deborah Rutter, sacked as president of the Kennedy Center by Trumpist board, has been named keynote speaker for Opera America’s 2025 conference in Miami. Opera America, based in New York, is the national forum and […]