Nicky Spence, my guest on the Lebrecht Interview last weekend, has launched a scheme to benefit students from deprived backgrounds similar to his own. Message from the Guildhall: We’re delighted to announce the Nicky Spence […]
In May last year, Rice University in Texas fired horn professor William VerMeulen after allegations of sexual misconduct with female students, which he denied. VerMeulen was suspended for two months from playing in the Houston […]
The young German conductor Christian Blex has been awarded the coveted Karajan prize at the Salzburg festival. Blex, a former assistant to Kirill Pdetrenko at the Berlin Philharmonic, is presently assistant conductor of the Gustav […]