Brendel came fourth
From the Busoni Piano Competition: It is with great regret that we receive the news of the passing of the great Alfred Brendel. Peter Paul Kainrath, artistic director, speaks for everyone at the Busoni-Mahler Foundation […]
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Ruth Leon recommends… Art Thief: Lessons from Wayne Thiebaud
Wayne Thiebaud While famous for his paintings of American confections, Wayne Thiebaud’s passionate engagement with art history remains largely overlooked. In this documentary, produced by the Fine Art Museums of San Francisco to support their […]
Cough and phone wreck a Kaufmann recital
From a review of the tenor’s recital at the Luxembourg Philharmonie: “Tränenahnung” (premonition of tears) sets in. The audience has noticeably stopped breathing to follow the increasingly powerful piano playing of the tenor and his […]
The Pope calls in six pianists
Pope Leo is reputed to be a keen music lover with an eye for talent. Today he has roped in six of the finest finger flyers for his Friday noon recital. The six are Gabriela […]
Donizetti: Songs on Opera Rara, #4
Opera Rara’s Donizetti Song Project is the latest in their alchemical mix of musicology and performance. But why say with Volume Four first? Because recently we heard Bellini’s La straniella (see this post), and Donizetti […]
Who decided this was a good idea?
I feel sorry for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. They got themselves a new hot-stuff conductor in 2020, and now a recording arrangement with Pentatone (although that’s not as prestigious as it once was), and this […]
Poppy’s Comet is seen in New York
A report for slippedisc.com by Susan Hall: Yuval Sharon and the American Modern Opera Company (AMOC) represent the future of opera. Their opening-night production signals a bold new direction for a grand institution long in […]
Russian pianist, 84
One of the last students of Alexander Goldenweiser, the Moscow pianist Nelly Akopian Tamarina died today at the age of 84. Banned for a while by the Soviets, she taught in London at the Royal […]
Simon Rattle remembers Alfred Brendel’s tortoise
The conductor has written a fond tribute to his longtime friend and mentor. Hard even to know where to start with Alfred: for any musician of my generation he was simply always there, the very […]
Classical guitarist is suspended in Barcelona
The Liceu Conservatory of Barcelona has suspended a classical guitar teacher following a complaint by a student over alleged sexual assaults. An 18-year-old student accused the teacher of “touching her intimate parts,” according to El […]
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