The Fort Wayne Philharmonic has thrown a farewell party for Adrian Mann, its long-serving principal double-bass. He’s not leaving, though.
Adrian, whose father was the noted musicologist Alfred Mann, is still turning up for work in his other job as staff librarian.
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In the coming season of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, the prolific conducting teacher Jorma Panula will share a concert with his latest produgy, Maximilian Fagerlund. Panula is 95 years old, Fagerlund 18. The son of […]
The Norwegian string player Eivind Ringstad joined the London Symphony Orchestra earlier this year as principal viola. As of this week, he is also professor of viola at the Royal College of Music. The RCM’s […]
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