Arguably the least musical US national anthem

The English conductor came from a family of academics. When she graduated from Oxford and said she was going to make a career as a conductor, both parents were horrified. She describes their reaction to […]

Under the headline’World-class soprano denied right to settle in the UK’ the Telegraph takes up the case of Erika Baikoff, 25, a Russian-born American artist. Selected for the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, […]

We have been apprised of the passing of the Belgian pianist Frans Brouw, longest living prize-winner of the Queen Elisabeth Competition. In 1952, Frans came fourth. The winner was Leon Fleisher. Frans migrated to Canada […]