The Swiss flute player Sebastian Jacot, denied tenure after two years as principal at the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, has just issued a cryptic assessment of his situation: After 12 years in Germany—seven of them in […]
The Kremlin is bragging about the statew-of-the-art opera and ballet theatre it is erecting in Sebastopol. It is due to open next year, war or peace. The post Putin builds opera house in occupied Crimea […]
The Concxertgebouw Orchestra has smartly included the late composer’s Offertorium on its tour next week to Hamburg and Vienna. The soloist is Julian Rachlin. Gubaidulina died on March 13. Offertorium was the first work by Gubaidulina […]
The music director of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra has cancelled his all-Beethoven Easter concerts. Jumping in are Rafael Payare (pic) and Franz Welser-Möst. The post Riccardo Chailly’s luck is out in Lucerne appeared first […]
Here Hong Kong-born pianist Tiffany Poon reveals her close affinity to Schumann – the only real comparison I can think of is someone whom I consider one of the greatest Schumann pianist of all time, […]
On the streets and in the sky: works by Jonathan Dove; Philippe Sly, Sacconi Quartet, Charles Owen & Katya Apekisheva; SIGNUM CLASSICSReviewed 19 March 2025 A diverse selection of Jonathan Dove’s music which celebrates friendships […]
The Italian conductor Gianandrea Noseda has extended his stay as music director in Washington DC to the year 2031. Press release: The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) is proud to announce that Music Director Gianandrea Noseda, […]
The Hungarian Andras Schiff has announced he will not play in then US during Donald Trump’s presidency. Schiff, 71, told the NY Times: ‘He has brought an ugliness into this world which hadn’t been there… […]
Opera for Everyone The Cumbria Opera Festival 2025 will be ten days of Operas, Concerts, and Education Workshops throughout the most beautiful area of Britain. Following our Opera Festivals in 2021 and 2023, both critically-acclaimed by international […]
The festival includes concerts by the Hallé, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, English National Opera, Manchester Collective, Riot Ensemble and Royal Northern College of Music Festival opens with a Steve Reich special featuring Radiohead guitarist Jonny […]
