Fantastic to see Barenboim at his home. I am so proud to have studied with him for so many years, play so many concerts and recorded with him both as pianist and conductor.
A true legend and great example for me as a musician and as humanist! I have known him since I played my first audition for him in Cologne when I was 17 years old. It was a marvelous time spent with him and with his wife Elena Bashkirova.
From our agony aunt: Dear Alma, I work in the ticket office for a concert hall. I have a degree from a music school, and spent several years bouncing from job to job, gigging, and […]
The US tenor Brian Jagde was supposed to take the lead in the Met’s new run of Tchaikovsky’s Queen of Spades. When he pulled out, the Met called in Brandon Jovanovich. Now he’s gone, too. […]
The Austrian-US drimmer and composer Lukas Ligeti has signed to Edition Peters, which is part of Wise Music Group. Ligeti, 60, is presnetly professor of music in Brussels. “Lukas Ligeti is an artist whose creativity […]