The brilliant Bossa Nova pioneer has died in Los Angeles, aged 83. The cause, say his family, was long Covid. Mendes settled in the US in the 1960s amid political and military turbulence in Brazil […]
Forget the on-stage drama. San Francisco Opera has got itself into a knife-edge thrller with its orchestra musicians, who are out of contract. On Friday night, moments before Un Ballo in Maschera, the Orchestra agreed […]
Anthony Checchia, who played a vital role at Marlboro Music for nhalf a century, died this weekend, aged 94. His is survived by his wife, soprano Benita Valente and their son Peter. From the Marlboro […]
The death has been announced, after a long illness, of the drum professor Martin France. Using electronic and sequenced drums and percussion, France featured on more than 100 albums and appeared regularly in Hamburg with […]
Those folks at Alpha do it again: a superb recording of a piece that really deserves better recognition. This time, it is Beethoven under their gaze: an oratorio – Beethoven’s only one – on Christ […]
Waitress – Stage musical Rent or buy The Broadway musical Waitress is now available to rent and buy across a variety of streaming platforms for the many UK fans of the show. Based on the film of […]
We have learned belatedly of the death from Alzheimers complications of the cellist Gayle Mae Smith, a pupil of Casals in Puerto Rico and of Piatigorsky in Los Angeles (pictured). She enjoyed an international solo […]
Just in: The event JONAS KAUFMANN & Slovak Philharmonic, which was supposed to take place on 8th September 2024 at 7pm, is postponed due to health reasons of Mr. Kaufmann for a new date on […]
The Latvian Ainars Rubikis signed on last week as chief conductor of the Tyrolean Symphony Orchestra Innsbruck, Austria. They are not pleased about that in Kassel, Germany, where Rubikis was recently appointed General Music Director […]
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Comparisons in music are unfair. An ephemeral art cannot be measured and pinned, like a butterfly, to the page without risking mortal damage. Nevertheless, human beings possess critical […]