Arguably the least musical US national anthem

The Seattle Symphony’s President & CEO, Krishna Thiagarajan, has stepped down, along with the CFO/COO, Cheronne Wong and VP HR/Chief Diversity Officer, Paul Johnson. The organisation has endured three turbulent years, which saw a music […]

Looking back at my year, three summits stand out as unique and unrepeatable. 1 The return of Murray Perahia on Neville Marriner’s 100th birthday, at the Wigmore Hall, London. 2 La voix humaine and Erwartung […]

Three months after it was squatted by 200 homeless migrants and their supporters, the Belleville cultural centre La Gaité Lyrique was finally evacuated yesterday after an intervention by the minister of culture, Rachida Dati. The […]