Eight semi-finalists have been named in Hannover: Alexander Won-Ho Kim (31, South Korea) Eunjoong Park (23, South Korea) Alexandra Weissbecker (22, Germany) Louisa Staples (24, Great Britain, pictured) Kyumin Park (27, South Korea) Angela Chan […]
Message received: Iván Fischer and his two orchestras launch European Orchestra Academy This Monday, the Budapest Festival Orchestra, the European Union Youth Orchestra and the Music Director of both ensembles, Iván Fischer, will join forces […]
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Music of the Second Vienna School was condemned as noise on first reception. How deaf is that? The greatest asset of these revolutionary works is their quietude. The […]
The joinet winners of the Domingo family’s Operalia competition in Mumbai are US soprano Kathleen O’Mara and Chinese bass-baritone Le Bu (pictured). The audience prize was shared by Azeri mezzo-soprano Elmina Hasan and English baritone […]
The veteran polymath Richard Dyer who reviewed music, film and literature in the Boston Globe for half a century died today at Mass General Hospital. Tim Page writes: ‘He was a master — one of […]
With two seasons to go before Gustavo Dudamel takes over as Music Director, the Philharmonic is hosting a parade of guest conductors. This week Ken-David Masur led a varied program curated by the orchestra’s musicians. […]
Reinis Zariņš (Photo: Andris Sprogis) Latvian pianist Reinis Zariņš will be performing Olivier Messiaen’s Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus, a work for which he is becoming known, at the London Piano Festival, co-Artistic Directors Charles Owen […]
Endings-Jacob’s Pillow Click here to watch The summer dance festival in the Berkshires, Jacob’s Pillow, has released this splendid video of some of the dance companies that visited the festival this summer, short reminders of the […]
After yesterday’s post (Klassik unterim Hakenkreutz), this classic performance of Korngold seems relevant. Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) left Europe in the volatile mid-1930s and found fame in the US, specifically Hollywood (a fascinating upcoming disc […]
This autumn, join Wigmore Hall for a major two-week celebration of piano music with a series of captivating performances by some of the world’s most distinguished pianists. With lunchtime and evening concerts across the festival, […]
