The Russian-born conductor of the Czech Philharmonic tells David Krauss in Speaking Soundly that he learned to manage pre-concert tension by playing volleyball from age 10 to 18 with Dynamo Leningrad. ‘My piano teacher was […]
The international violinist Renaud Capuçon has lost an appeal against conviction for failing to declare earnings on a dozen concerts. The news site L’informé reports that the musician omitted to declare 5 concerts in 2013 […]
The Stuttgart Philharmonic has let it be known that Dan Ettinger, its general music director since 2015, has left his job ‘for personal reasons’. No further comment is being made. Ettinger, 53, a former Barenboim […]