Arguably the least musical US national anthem

Canada’s National Arts Centre last night appointed John Storgårds as the eighth music director of its resident orchestra. Storgårds, 62, is also chief conductor of the BBC Philharmonic in Manchester. Storgårds is Finnish. So is […]

The death has been announced of Russia’s foremost chorusmaster, founder of the Moscow Chorus Theatre, Boris Pevzner. The theatre said: ‘The entire staff of the Moscow Choral Theatre is deeply shocked by this irreparable loss.We […]

The Orchestre National de France has named its next chief conductor to succeed Cristian Macelaru (who’s heading to Cincinnati). The incoming boss will be Philippe Jordan, music director of the Vienna State Opera, whose tenure […]