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The death has been made known of Fox Fehling, a CSO violinist from 1979 until her retirement three years ago. Fox was 76. Originally from Iowa, she was the first winner of the Mische Elman […]

Slippedisc.com congratulates the German-Austrian tenor and welcomes him to the club of the third generation. Kaufmann’s married daughter Charlotte Kaufmann, 27, has given birth to a baby girl, her first child. Jonas Kaufmann, 55, is […]

It has been announced overnight that the next director of the Ruhrtriennale is to be Lydia Steier, an opera director who has made her name in Lucerne and Vienna. Steier, 47, is from Connecticut, granddaughter […]

HarrisonParrott have signed the Canadian pianist Ryan Wang, a year after he won BBC Young Musician of the Year. Wang is now 18. The photo is from 2013. The post BBC winner gets an agent […]

The Marin Symphony has named Fawzi Haimor as its incoming music director, starting September. Haimor, 41, was born in Chicago and raised in Saudi Arabia. His father is Jordanian-Lebanese and his mother is from the […]

Two teachers have left the Royal Northern College of Music after complaints were allegedly received about their conduct. The saxophonist Rob Buckland departed after facing a disciplinary tribunal. The cellist Nicholas Jones left of his […]

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has given a one-year post to former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, sacked by Donald Trump for being excessively radical. She will be a senior fellow with responsibilitites on advising […]

Message from the best French orchestra outside Paris: Nouvelle arrivée à l’Orchestre ! L’Orchestre national du Capitole est ravi d’accueillir Quentin Vogel au poste de violon solo. Bravo et bienvenue ! Quentin is 24, from […]

The European Broadcasting Union has launched a commissoning scheme to mark its 75th anniversary. The composers and their performance dates are: Andile Khumalo (South Africa) – WDR Symphony Orchestra – 13 September 2025 Edgard Moya […]