The Los Angeles classical music radio station KUSC is being merged with San Francisco’s KDFC. Both are owned by the University of Southern California and the reason for the merger is opaque. James Muhammad, president […]
The Deutsche Oper am Rhein has opted for interim management after the withdrawal for health reasons of its intendant, Christoph Meyer. Meyer’s assistant Marwin Wendt will become acting artistic from April 1. Alexandra Stampler-Brown will […]
There has been a muted response to the death this week of the eminent soprano Edith Mathis, Mozart star of the Karajan years at the Vienna Opera and, later on, one of the most exquisite […]
The brilliant trombonist Denis Wick, a star in the London Symphony Orchestra’s swagger brass section, died yesterday at the age of 93, his family has reported. Denis joined the LSO as principal trombone in 1957 […]
Eighteen years after the alleged event, Vanessa Fralick – assistant principal trombone of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra – has accused her former teacher Peter Ellefson of pestering her for sex. Ellefson has been professor at […]
The music director has declared he’s had enough after two decades in which the company has stumbled from Placido Domingo sex-pest charges to its present cancellation of new work. No-one can fault Conlon for resigning […]
Hidden Mechanisms: Leith, Werner, Miller, Mustonen Manchester Collective. 4pm, Purcell Room, 09.02.2025 Oliver Leith The big house (2021) Héloïse Werner Hidden Mechanisms (2025, London Premiere) Cassandra Miller Leaving (2011) Olli Mustonen Piano Quintet (2014) Manchester Collective has a […]
What started out as an album presenting 4 world premiers commissioned by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, turned out to be just 3, plus a regretfully superfluous recording of Kenneth Fuchs’ reorchestration of his Point of […]
Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole – Stephane Deneve, Maria Duenas, The Cleveland Orchestra – Arsht Center, Miami Dvorak: Symphony No.8, Bizet: Suite from L’Arlesienne (compiled by Stephane Deneve), Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole; Maria Duenas, Cleveland Orchestra, Stephane Deneve; Adrienne Arsht […]
The Sounds of Blossom festival of music and nature is returning to Kew Gardens once again in collaboration with the Royal College of Music (RCM). From 15 March to 6 April 2025, visitors to Kew will […]
