The last director of the Orchestre régional de Normandie, Pierre-François Roussillon, has died a few months after his orchestra was defunded. Son of a famous actor at the Comédie Française, Pierre-Francois was a solo clarinetist […]
The Netherlands Bach Society has named Cecilia Bernardini as its new concermaster, starting next season. Bernardini, 41, is Dutch-Italian and a frequent guest with the high-octane Bach outfit. She is also co-artistic director of the Freiburger […]
Orthodox rabbi Jeremy Rosen went to see the Verdi spectacular and dissents from the Met’s production in his weekly sermon: The music, the sets, the choreography was superb. Only one thing got in the way […]
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra rolled out Simon Rattle’s third season this morning. It features a call-out to amateur orchestras across Bavaria to join the orchestra in the great big sing-a-ding, culminating in Carmina Burana. […]
At his concert last night in Manchester, Bruce Springsteen did not mince his words. He told the English crowd: ‘In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about that has been a […]
The Gerhswins Michael Feinstein is a beloved cabaret performer, pianist, singer and conductor whose encyclopaedic knowledge of, and performance of, the songs of George and Ira Gershwin, among many others, has entertained us for many […]
The insult was so potent that the first performance of Donizetti’s historical tragedy, Maria Stuarda, was cancelled at the last minute in Naples through royal intervention. A toned-down revision went awry at La Scala the […]
I was lucky enough to attend the Guildhall Godlier Medal last Thursday May 8). The announcement of the winner from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a follows: Guildhall School of Music & […]
The orchestra has just let is be known that Joel Link of the Dover Quartet is to be its new concertmaster, starting in July. The seat was vacated in March last year by David Radzynski, […]
Italian media have reported the death today in Mariano Comense of the great Peruvian tenor Luigi Alva. Arriving in Milan in 1953 after serving in the Preuvian navy, Luis Ernesto Alva y Talledo trained at […]
