Israeli pianist Alon Kariv will play Chopin’s First Piano Concetto on Sunday, May 11 at London’s Cadogan Hall with the English Chamber Orchestra. Ahead of that performance, I met Alon to discuss all things piano, […]
Premiere of Sven Helbig’s Requiem A at the Dresdner Kreuzkirche (Photo: Oliver Killig) The composer Sven Helbig has been on my radar since at least 2013 when his disc Pocket Symphonies came out [see my review] […]
The Georgian-Russian music conductor Vakhtang Machavariani, head of the Georgian State Symphony Orchestra in Tbilisi since 1996, has died at the age of 74. In 1990 he created the Soviet Festival Orchestra while also conducting […]
A livewire in organising the Coventry City of Culture Orchestra, Sebastian Farrall was killed in a tragic bicycle accident on his 32nd birthday. A Bristolian who graduated from Coventry University, Farrall founded several choruses and instrumental […]
The French conductor Francois-Xavier Roth, who has been having a quiet time after sending personal pictures to orchestra players, has been forced to delay his comeback by an unfortunate accident. Message from the Baden-Baden Whitsun […]
Opera Theater of St. Louis has named international soprano Patricia Racette as its next artistic director. Racette, 59, is still singing major roles in Italy. The post St Louis picks Patricia appeared first on Slippedisc.
The 2025 prize for music goes to Sky Islands, by Susie Ibarra. Sky Islands is a celebration of biodiversity and sonic innovation Ibarra, 54, is California born, the child of two physicians who migrated to […]
The orchestra unroilled in new season this morning. Dutch violinist Janine Jansen will be artist in residence. Spanish guru Jordi Savall will teach the Academy and make his debut with the Philharmonic. Four new conductors […]
On the morning that the first candidates started playing in the Reine Elisabeth competition in Brussels, the Chopin Competition chose to announce its candidates for October. Some are apparently dropouts from Brussels. The competition scene […]
The Norwegian soprano, presently on maternity break, will sing her first Isolde in a new production of Wagner’s opera Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona in January 2026, it was announced this morning. She is […]
