World’s first pipa concerto?
A Concerto for pipa and orchestra by French-Canadian composer Christian Thomas, to be premiered next week in Montreal, claims to be the first of its kind in the western world. It has been written for […]
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Paris music centre dumps its one-term chief
It appears that Jean-Philippe Thiellay, former Deputy Director General of the Paris Opéra, is leaving the Centre National de la Musique next week. Thiellay, its foundign director has been informed that ‘The President of the […]
Alma actress is charged with biting a colleague’s bottom
The public prosecutor in Wiener Neustadt has reportedly charged an actress with assault for allegedly biting a colleague’s hindquarters on several nights in a stage production of ‘Alma’ in Semmering. The production appears to have […]
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We are the lucky ones: Philip Venables new opera at Dutch National Opera, his first large-scale orchestral opera
Philip Venables (Photo: ® Charl Marais) Philip Venables’ opera We are the lucky ones is being premiered by Dutch National Opera on 14 March 2025 in Amsterdam. The opera features a libretto by Nina Segal and […]
BREMF celebrates late artistic director Deborah Roberts & creates fund as a way of continuing her inspirational legacy
Deborah Roberts BREMF (Brighton Early Music Festival) is celebrating the life of its late artistic director (and co-founder) Deborah Roberts with a concert at St Martin’s Church, Brighton on 9 February 2025. Performers taking part […]
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach is somewhat undeservedly squashed between his brothers, but this disc shows his music well worth exploring
Johann Christoph Friedrich: Six Sonatas “für das Clavier mit Begleitung einer Flöte oder Violine”; Ashley Solomon, Jochewed Schwarz; Meridian RecordsReviewed 20 January 2025 With a poised fluidity and an imagination hovering between Baroque and Classical, […]
Ruth Leon recommends…. 1984: the film
1984 is a 1956 film loosely based on Orwell’s novel. This is the first cinema rendition of the story, directed by Michael Anderson, and starring Edmond O’Brien, Donald Pleasence, Jan Sterling, and Michael Redgrave. Both audio […]
Ruth Leon recommends… George Orwell: a life in pictures
George Orwell Click here to watch Perhaps the most influential English writer of the 20th century and one of the most important chroniclers of British culture of his generation, George Orwell, born Eric Arthur Blair in […]
YALE PHILHARMONIA RETURNS TO CARNEGIE HALL THIS MONDAY
Yale School of Music comes to New York this Monday. “Rippling with high-energy percussion and brass playing and a fluid interplay of polished strings as well as winds…” is how The New York Times described […]
Breaking: Clean sweep as Seattle Symphony dumps entire leadership
The Seattle Symphony’s President & CEO, Krishna Thiagarajan, has stepped down, along with the CFO/COO, Cheronne Wong and VP HR/Chief Diversity Officer, Paul Johnson. The organisation has endured three turbulent years, which saw a music […]
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