The former German chancellor, a regular worshipper at the Wagner festival, has let it be known she is taking this year off. No reason given.
She has missed only one opening night in 16 years.
Her successor is not that bothered.
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Cardiff University has cancelled plans to abolish teaching of music and modern languages. Vice Chancellor Wendy Larner said music would have ‘revised entry targets and content’ and modern language programmes would have ‘smaller cohorts.’ Face-saving […]
David Radzynski writes: ‘Excited to share that I’ve been appointed concertmaster of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester!’ Radzynski, previously concertmaster of the Israel Philharmonic, stayed less than two years in Cleveland. The NDR, with Alan Gilbert […]
From a brilliant FT column by mathematician Tim Harford: Mozart and Haydn were composing string quartets a quarter of a millennium ago, when the industrial revolution was in its infancy. Since then, the scale of […]
