The German pianist and conductor is leaking snippets from his forthcoming authorised biography. He is open about his relationship with both women and men, among them an affair with Bernstein: ‘I had an intellectual and […]
Elisabetta Brusa Elisabetta Brusa taught composition at the Milan Conservatoire for 39 years. Her latest choral album – Requiem and Stabat Mater – is now available on Naxos. She has established the Brusa Foundation Award […]
Czech media have reported the death of Jiří Žigmund, violist of the Wuhan Quartet from 1988 to 2014. He has suffered longterm health problems. The post Famed violist dies at 58 appeared first on Slippedisc.
Dear Alma, I am a male conductor in my mid-30’s. My career seems to have stalled. I started with several high-level assistant posts, then moving to a regional orchestra as director and some prestigious guest […]
An angry op-ed in the San Francisco Standard urges transparency after the resignation of music director Esa-Pekka Salonen: …The leadership’s failure to release financial documents has only added to our unease. Open dialogue and […]
This is, in many ways, a fascinating disc. The interest here lies in the couplings: a carefully-judged mix of the super-familiar with the rare. The Concerto, No. 1, has been covered here on Classical Explorer […]
The last 24 in the 2024 Queen Elisabeth violin competition were decided last night in Brussels. They include Dmitry Smirnov of Russia, a dark horse, and Bohdan Luts of Ukraine (pic), recent winner of the […]
Stereophonic – Golden Theatre “The art of making art is putting it together”, That’s George in Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park With George, That 1984 show is the only one I know to tackle head-on how hard it […]
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This is a priceless performance of Leclair’s sonata for two violins by husband and wife Leonid Kogan and Elisaveta Gilels. He is officially the second-best violinist in the Soviet Union, after Oistrakh. She is the […]
