The Russian pianist Pavel Kushner died today in a Birobidzhan detention center while awaiting trial for allegedly ‘inciting terrorism’. His offence was to read anti-Putin poems on a Youtube channel with five subscribers. Kushner went […]
A livewire in organising the Coventry City of Culture Orchestra, Sebastian Farrall was killed in a tragic bicycle accident on his 32nd birthday. A Bristolian who graduated from Coventry University, Farrall founded several choruses and instrumental […]
A small Gaza demonstration outside Davies Symphony Hall greeted concertgoers to the Israel Philharmonic’s tour performance lasty night. Local estimates suggest about 100 protestors turned out, representing Artists Against Apartheid and other groups. Inside, the […]