The Czech Philharmonic has lost its music director for the opening of the season while he undergoes back surgery. The first three concerts will be conducted by Charles Dutoit. Bychkov, 71, will be incapacitated for […]
Five staffers have resigned and one has been fired for wearing pro-Palestine propaganda at work. The arts centre, founded in 1874 as a Jewish facility, hosts many classical music performances. Story here. The post Gaza […]
US violinist Mayumi Kanagawa (centre among the finalists) has won this year’s George Enescu International Competition in Bucharest with a performance of Camille Saint-Saëns’s 3rd concerto. Second was South Korea’s Hyeonjeong Lee, aged 13. Japan’s […]
From a correspondent: I am a retired full time chorister who worked at the Lyric Opera of Chicago from the mid-1970s until recently. When I started, I made $125/week for 13 weeks and about $4/hr […]
Dr Harry Brunjes, who has presided over ten years of destruction at English National Opera, is stepping down. He has resisted that move valiantly for a very long time. The good doctor may now enjoy […]
Jommelli: a celebration – Fflur Wyn, Ambroisine Bré, Ian Page, The Mozartists at Wigmore Hall (Photo: Benjamin Ealovega) Jommelli – a celebration: Fflur Wyn, Ambroisine Bré, Hugo Brady, The Mozartists, Ian Page; Wigmore HallReviewed 18 […]
Contents: The Chosen: For What? by Hana Gubenko Foreign Masters: Max Volbers and Alexander von Heissen play music by foreign composers in Baroque England, by Colin Clarke The Chosen – for what? Who wouldn’t want […]
Siren Duo (Claire Wickes, flute, and Tomos Xerri, harp) in Middle Temple Library. Debussy, Mozart, David Watkins, Astor Piazzolla, Adina Izarra, Toru Takemitsu, William Alwyn; Siren Duo (Claire Wickes, Tomos Xerri); Temple Music Foundation at […]
We hear that Elim Chan, the sought-after Hong Kong conductor, is leaving Classic Concert Management GmbH in Berlin to join Intermusica in London. No-one’s giving any reasons yet, but CCM have just three conductors on […]
The composer John Mackey has reported the death of his friend, Robert Carnochan, Professor of Conducting at the University of Miami and Chair of Instrumental Performance and Director of Bands at the Frost School of […]
