The Royal Musical Association marks its 150th anniversary with a conference in London this week.
Keynote speaker will be the New Yorker critic Alex Ross. His paper is titled: ‘The End of the Family Line: On the Probable Death and Possible Transfiguration of Music Criticism’.
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The conductor is due to tour Asia later this year after a long layoff dealing with personal issues. The post John Eliot Gardiner’s new Korea appeared first on Slippedisc.
The Salzburg Festival has taken the unusual step of sacking one of its directors for alleged breach of contract. The Russian Marina Davydova took up the post as Director of Drama just over a year […]
Dear Alma, I have been a member of an amateur orchestra for a number of years. My standpartner and I are both retired, married, with kids long gone. We have developed a special bond and […]
