A moment of cool contemplation

Going up to receive the Polar Prize in Stockholm, the conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen had distinct streaks on his cheeks. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Polar Music Prize (@polarmusicprize) The post Esa-Pekka […]

The Times higher education supplement reports that Australia’s National University has gutted the core of National School of Music to ‘programme’ rather than academic pursuit. ANU’s performance, composition and theory teaching will give way to […]

From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: If you are about to step into a warm bath, put one of these on the player and submerse your January body in a fantasy world that never […]