Famed violist dies at 58
Czech media have reported the death of Jiří Žigmund, violist of the Wuhan Quartet from 1988 to 2014. He has suffered longterm health problems. The post Famed violist dies at 58 appeared first on Slippedisc.
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Dear Alma, I’m a white, male, 30ish conductor. What hope?
Dear Alma, I am a male conductor in my mid-30’s. My career seems to have stalled. I started with several high-level assistant posts, then moving to a regional orchestra as director and some prestigious guest […]
Patron demands SanFran Symphony open its books
An angry op-ed in the San Francisco Standard urges transparency after the resignation of music director Esa-Pekka Salonen: …The leadership’s failure to release financial documents has only added to our unease. Open dialogue and […]
Alice Sara Ott in Beethoven
This is, in many ways, a fascinating disc. The interest here lies in the couplings: a carefully-judged mix of the super-familiar with the rare. The Concerto, No. 1, has been covered here on Classical Explorer […]
It’s Russia vs Ukraine in Queen Elisabeth semis
The last 24 in the 2024 Queen Elisabeth violin competition were decided last night in Brussels. They include Dmitry Smirnov of Russia, a dark horse, and Bohdan Luts of Ukraine (pic), recent winner of the […]
Ruth Leon’s Pocket theatre Review in NY
Stereophonic – Golden Theatre “The art of making art is putting it together”, That’s George in Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park With George, That 1984 show is the only one I know to tackle head-on how hard it […]
Fantastic “new” string quartet – Quartuor Arod
Here’s another sensational French string quartet that I’ve recently discovered, which instantly joins two of my other favorite French string quartets at or near the top of the list – Quatuor Hanson and Quatuor Diotima. Although […]
Soviet couple take sonata seriously
This is a priceless performance of Leclair’s sonata for two violins by husband and wife Leonid Kogan and Elisaveta Gilels. He is officially the second-best violinist in the Soviet Union, after Oistrakh. She is the […]
Kirill Petrenko on the Middle East
The Berlin Philharmonic chief conductor made some sphinx-like comments in response to press questions yesterday: ‘To be fair, you have to look at the matter objectively from both sides. You have to try to maintain […]
The journey continues: Dresden’s historically informed Ring returns with a revelatory Die Walküre
Wagner: Die Walküre – Åsa Jäger, Simon Bailey – Dresdner Musikfestspiele (Photo: Oliver Killig) Wagner: Die Walküre; Maximilian Schmitt, Sarah Wegener, Tobias Kehr, Simon Bailey, Åsa Jäger, Claude Eichenberger, Dresdner Festspielorchester and Concerto Köln, Kent […]
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