From the BBC’s Sydney reporter: Radiohead singer Thom Yorke briefly walked off stage during his Australian solo tour after an exchange with an audience member who heckled him with a protest about deaths in Gaza. […]
The International Conductors Guild, turning 50, will hold its annual convention in London for the first time. The meeting is on January 2-5, 2025, at the Royal College of Music, and more than 100 conductors […]
From the CSOA annual report: The CSOA’s results from operations included total revenues of $78.8 million and expenses of $80.2 million resulting in an operating deficit of $1.4 million. Total endowment and other investments were […]
London-based MaestroArts has signed the young French-Finnish conductor Aliisa Neige Barrière. Daughter of the late composer Kaija Saariaho, Aliisa was mentored in Helsinki by Jorma Panula and studied at the Sibelius Academy under Sakari Oramo, […]
The Detroit Symphony has hired Martin Sher of the New World Symphony as V-P and Chief Artistic & Operating Officer, a new position. The top floor already consists of President & CEO Erik Rönmark, V-P […]
Theartsdesk.com, founded 15 years ago by Ismene Brown and other ex-Daily Telegraph critics, is in trouble. It needs to raise £100,000 urgently to stay alive. Here‘s why. There’s a gofundme page. The post Arts site […]
Remember the University of Michigan? It’s where the last president was fired for allegedly coming on to a staff member. But that’s the least of its misdeeds. It ignored years of sexual abuse by violin professor […]
The first half of this intriguing and memorable concert was taken up by Luca Francesconi’s Duende: The Dark Notes. Leila Josefowicz collaborated with the composer during the writing of the piece, which she premiered in […]
The wedding of Dr Andrew Lumsden to Leona Mani took place on Saturday at the Chapel of St Cross, Winchester. The Bishop of Basingstoke officiated and 250 guests were treated to spectacular music sung by […]
The death has been communicated of Arthur Moreira Lima, a leading Brazilian pianist who came second to Martha Argerich in the 1965 Chopin Competition in Warsaw. Arthur recorded the complete works of Chopin over the […]
,%20Camilla%20Seale%20(Alcina)%20plus%20chorus%20Credit_%20Genevieve%20Girling%20(1).jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "It was Francesca Caccini's score, & Vache Baroque's performance, that surprised & captivated: La liberazione di Ruggiero at Buxton International Festival")
