Matthias Pintscher stepped in for Herbert Blomstedt who was unable to appear due to an ear infection, the Beethoven replacing Schubert’s Symphony No.6. Pintscher is a part-time New Yorker and on the composition faculty of the Juilliard […]
Ada Witczyk performing music from the 2023 Růžičková Composition Competition Violinist Ada Witczyk‘s new album, New Baroque – Sonatas on First Hand Records, features new sonatas for baroque violins and harpsichord, the six winning works […]
Mauriaio Pollini’s death was a significant blow to the piano world. His concerts in London over the years were always highlights, a great pianist of unfathomable energy who always illuminated everything he touched. A musician […]
Live from Helsinki the young dancers of the Finnish National Ballet offer a mixed programme of classical and contemporary dance brought to Slippedisc readers courtesy of OperaVision. The programme is built around German choreographer Marco […]
The Savonlinna soprano Iris Candelaria, 29, has been awarded the Finnish Cultural Foundation prize of 40,000 Euros for helping to build ‘a sustainable, pluralistic and multi-voiced Finland. She’s presently singing Merry Widow in Helsinki and […]
Merle Fahrholz has resigned after two years as intendant of the Essen Philharmonic and music theatre in western Germany. She’s 42 and there’s more to life than Essen. The post Essen, she’s had enough appeared […]
Newly uploaded by the LSO. The soloist is its principal cello. The post The Elgar concerto, by his own orchestra appeared first on Slippedisc.
The Mellon Foundation has launched a $35 million initiative for the preservation of jazz and its legacies. Among the bequests, we read, the fellowship will support 50 seasoned jazz artists aged 62 and older. Each […]
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Many composers have tried to improve on Schubert. Mahler made a string-orchestra version of the Death and the Maiden string quartet, Joseph Joachim orchestrated a four-hand piano sonata, […]
The tenor is a fan of his hometown football club. They have commissioned a new song for the club’s 125th anniversary and he’s recorded it with crowd and orchestra. Harry Kane will never get his […]
