Martha Argerich, who appeared this week at the Verbier Festival, has cancelled the Engadin Festival this weekend ‘for health reasons’. Her trio partners Mischa Maisky and Iddo Bar-Shai have also withdrawn. They are replaced by […]
The first Asian woman to play in the Chicago Symphony, Joyce Noh retired this week after 46 seasons. Born in South Korea, Noh started her orchestral career in the Seoul Philharmonic, moving onto the Baltimore […]
The second-quarter radio audience figures are out and it is mostly gloom for the BBC. Radio 2 has fallen behind commercial Heart FM with a 3.7% drop. Radio 1’s breakfast show is down 4% Radio […]
Message from Nashville, Tennessee: After 28 remarkable years of visionary leadership, President and CEO Alan D. Valentine will retire at the end of the 2025/26 season. Under Alan’s guidance, the Nashville Symphony has become one […]
What an impressive way to say goodbye. Minnesota Orchestra Board Chair Nancy E. Lindahl and her husband John have made public their $15 million commitment to the Orchestra. The news was shared yesterday at the […]
If you know Friedrich von Flotow (1812-82) it’s via his opera Martha. But there is another side, on gloriously revealed here: two wonderful Piano Concertos. Despite his obviously Germanic name, von Flotow was educated in […]
Baltic Tides: piano music by Lūcija Garūta and Ester Mägi; Eva Maria Doroszkowska; First Hand RecordsReviewed 30 July 2025 A marvellous disc, exploring music by two important 20th century Baltic pianist composers and featuring some […]
From an update to The Bishop’s Review at the long-troubled Winchester Cathedral: Despite a considerable spend last year, resulting in increased coverage and readership, no recruitment of boy choristers resulted. Canon Andrew is, therefore, heading […]
The capital of Burgundy is hoping to end five years of turmoil and stop-gap managers with the appointment today of Antonella Zedda as director of its opera house. Zedda is a former production director at […]
Tonight will be the last performance of Tadaaki Otaka as conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. He was principal conductor from 1987 to 1995 and conductor laureate since then. Otaka, 77, remains Music […]
