The Tik-tok organist has given up her position as Director of Music at Pembroke College, Cambridge, in order to spend more time at the organ. The College says: Anna Lapwood MBE will step down as […]
Just before 1:09 in this newly uploaded video, Yuja Wang gives her take on Rhapsody in Blue. She is supposed to be leading the orchestra but takes the main cues from its soloists. See what […]
The death has been announced of the Swiss soprano Edith Mathis, one of the most recorded artists of her time. She died on Sunday, two days short of her 86th birthday. Born in Lucerne, she […]
The great Italian pianist Maria Tipo died this morning in Florence, in her daughter Alina’s arms. Maria was 93. Winner of the 1949 Geneva Competition, she went on to play with many of the world’s […]
She’s…. ok, so you guess. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Yuja Wang (@yujawang.official) The post It’s Yuja’s birthday today appeared first on Slippedisc.
Riccardo Chailly, unwell, has pulled out of a European tour with the orchestra of La Scala, Milan. His replacement is Lorenzoi Viotti. We send speedy recovery wishes to Riccardo. press release: There has been a […]
Message from Brooline, Mass., violin dealer Christopher Reuning: My take on the sale of the Joachim, Ma Stradivari sold at Sotheby’s: The hammer price of $10M may have been well below the over hyped publicity […]
Daniele Gatti will conduct an anniversary performance of Verdi’s Requiem, eighty years after the destruction of the city where he is now chief conductor. Press release: The raid on 13 and 14 February 1945 that […]
The Metrpolitan Opera, which is resting this month, will announce its next season Wednesday week. It promises a ‘spectacular 2025-26 season which features six stunning news productions’. They may need to discuss co-productions with the […]
The conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, recovering presently from a bout of flu, as been using his downtime to create an online shrine to his phenomenal ancestors. “My grandparents became mega-stars,” says Tilson Thomas, “and found […]