The inimitable Austrian pianist Friedrich Gulda died on January 27, 2000 in the village of Steinbach am Attersee, where Mahler composed his second and third symphonies. Gulda’s compositions were mostly jazz. His stage personality was […]
The pianist has told a Chinese interview that he is big on Weibo, state-monitored social social media. He has to feed the beast: ‘I’m also creating my own vlogs now. I document every place I […]
The talented Ariane Matiakh, who lasted less than half a season in her first job at Halle, has renewed for a second three-year term at the Württembergischen Philharmonie Reutlingen. Good for her, good for them. […]
The Leonard Bernstein Award of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival has fallen this year to Hayato Sumino. The Japanese pianist, known as ‘Cateen’, has a million Youtube subscribers. He is 29 and moves, the citation says, […]
The third page of the Times this morning is occupied by two stories that are not news. The first concerns a virtual reality device that is being pioneered by the Orchestra de la Suisse Romande, […]
Here we have an enticing new recording of the music of Edward MacDowell on Chandos. And who better to bring it to life like no one else can than John Wilson. Well, the first red […]
The Hochschule für Musik und Theater München has appointed Simon Mack to be professor of music theory. A German-born crossover composer, Mack could be mistaken for a younger version of Munich’s other Simon. New Simon […]
The National Symphony Orchestra of Washington DC has hired two public-facing faces. Board member David Ginsberg is Vice President of Global Communications and Public Affairs at Meta. John Roloff, Vice President of Operations, has been […]
The Buxton Festival is putting out a call for students to form its orchestra. They previously employed the orchestra of Opera North. This is bad practice any way you look at it. The Musicians Union […]
The conductor has enjoyed a clear run until now. As music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for 18 years he enjoyed the confidence of the musicians and the adulation of a star-struck audience. The […]
