The Toronto Symphony is planning a Europe tour next winter with conductor Gustavo Gimeno. It has dates in Spain, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, and Austria. Nothing in the UK. Why not? Because London’s main […]
From our agony aunt: Dear Alma, I run a summer concert series in a mid-sized city. We do pretty well, and have managed to be financially stable. The problem is that a person who grew […]
Ballet de Lyon at Sadler’s Wells – Merce Cunningham 2025.iii.21 What are we watching here? Are these movements just movements? Or is this a poetic dance drama with metaphors? Those opposite possibiljities – present in […]
We’re hearing that the South Korean pianist Seong-Jin Cho has dumped his boutique management at Primo Arts and signed with K D Schmid, to be managed mostly from London. The move, which has yet to […]
The Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes has issued a statement explaining why he is going ahead today with a US tour while others may be pulling out. He says: It’s with mixed emotions that I […]
The London Philharmonic Orchestra has picked two budding conductor fellows for next season, to be guided by principal conductor Edward Gardner. Wilson Ng is from Hong Kong, working mostly in South Korea. Nefeli Chadouli, who […]
Could be interesting. This is Christine Nilsson – no relation to Birgit – and she’s going down very well in Aida. She’s from Ystaad, with local management, and still appearing mostly in Stockholm. But that’s […]
This is Volume Six of Somm’s Bruckner series; we looked at Volume One here. This contains the monumental Eighth Symphony. If thee is one orchestra the seems perfect for Bruckne, with its rich tradition, its […]
Here, from the National Gallery is a trailer of the exhibition of paintings by José María Velasco. This is the first UK exhibition of Mexico’s much-loved artist, José María Velasco. Velasco, working in Mexico in the […]
Rossini’s thrilling epic, his final masterpiece with the world’s most famous overture, is his most ambitious, forward-looking and vocally challenging opera. Having become the rallying cry of the 1830 revolution in France, Rossini’s final opera […]
