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 […]
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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 […]
Ruth Leon recommends. .. J M Barrie – Peter Pan
Who was the man who invented Peter Pan? What kind of person invents a child hero determined never to grow up? Or a pirate with hook for a hand? Or a whole troup of Lost […]
First African American player in a major US orchestra, RIP
The San Francisco Symphony has reported the death of its former bass player Charles Burrell who became the first African American member in a leading American orchestra. Burrell played five years in the SF Symphony […]
Eastman expels student who complained about sex-pest prof
A year ago we reported that Rebecca Bryant Novak, a doctoral student at Eastman School of Music, was having trouble over a complaint she made of sexual harrassment against a faculty member. We now understand […]
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