With two seasons to go before Gustavo Dudamel takes over as Music Director, the Philharmonic is hosting a parade of guest conductors. This week Ken-David Masur led a varied program curated by the orchestra’s musicians. […]
Reinis Zariņš (Photo: Andris Sprogis) Latvian pianist Reinis Zariņš will be performing Olivier Messiaen’s Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus, a work for which he is becoming known, at the London Piano Festival, co-Artistic Directors Charles Owen […]
Endings-Jacob’s Pillow Click here to watch The summer dance festival in the Berkshires, Jacob’s Pillow, has released this splendid video of some of the dance companies that visited the festival this summer, short reminders of the […]
After yesterday’s post (Klassik unterim Hakenkreutz), this classic performance of Korngold seems relevant. Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) left Europe in the volatile mid-1930s and found fame in the US, specifically Hollywood (a fascinating upcoming disc […]
This autumn, join Wigmore Hall for a major two-week celebration of piano music with a series of captivating performances by some of the world’s most distinguished pianists. With lunchtime and evening concerts across the festival, […]
Finavia and the Finnish National Opera and Ballet this week installed a loop of opera and ballet at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport to distract passengers while they wait for flights and luggage. The loop, lasting 20 minutes, […]
The latest update to the catalogue of Mozart’s works, published yesterday after 18 years in the making, is 1,392 pages long and weighs 3kg. It contains 95 new listings, among them a 12-minute string trio […]
.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Word of Mouth: Nordic Music Days comes to Glasgow as the festival leaves the Nordic region for only the 3rd time in its history")
Nordic Music Days was established in 1888 by the Council of Nordic Composers; curated by composers and creators, Nordic Music Days now presents almost entirely contemporary classical music and sound, featuring artists from Greenland, Iceland, […]
This week’s unexpected Billboard chart-topper is a studio retake of ‘Mea Culpa/ca ira’ from the Paris Olympics opening ceremony. It features heavy metal band Gojira and mezzo-soprano Marina Viotti. Missing from the credits on the […]
Dear Alma, My teacher made a public display of me in studio class today and I froze with nervousness. He was not happy with my intonation, and and instead of phrasing it in a constructive […]
