A new video from Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall shows a rare performance of an 1893 Polonaise by the future founder of the Polish state, Ignacy Jan Paderewski.
Unexpectedly in these confrontational times, it is played by a Russian pianist, Yulianna Avdeeva, winner of the 2010 Chopin competition.
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We hear that the Baden-Baden audience erupted last night after a performance of VW’s second symphony by the SWR orchestra, conducted by the boyish Finn, Tarmo Peltokoski. The first half of Bernard Herrmann’s Vertigo Suite […]
They are smiling in Cincinnati. Dianne Rosenberg, chair of the orchestra’s board of directors since 2022, and her husband, J. David Rosenberg, have pledged $10 million towards artistic and educational work and community engagement. The […]
The Metropolitan Opera has promoted John Upton to principal oboe. He has been an associate in the section for the past five years. The post Met instals principal oboe appeared first on Slippedisc.
