German-American composer Lukas Foss transformed the Buffalo Philharmonic into an adventurous and world-renowned orchestra during his tenure as music director, and he was a mentor to the orchestra’s current music director, JoAnn Falletta, at the […]
Project Manager at the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, based in Berlin, 20-30 hours a week: Do you love working in an international classical music environment? Is keeping several balls in the air at once a challenge […]
Violinist Clara-Jumi Kang has received the long-term use of the 1702 ‘Thunis’ Stradivarius, once owned by the widow of Eugène Ysaye. The loan was made by Kia Motors, for whom Kang now acts as a […]
Scientists at King’s College London believe they can accurately predict changes in musicians’ heart rates while playing. The experiment collected data on the heart rates of musicians playing the Andante con moto from Schubert’s Trio […]
The Cathedral in Regensburg, home of the last Pope, allowed girls into its choir for the first time this week. The post The first girls in Regensburg appeared first on Slippedisc.
Powell v Charisse A delicious rivalry has emerged among my dance-mad readers following my assertion that Eleanor Powell was the greatest movie tap dancer of all time, Fred Astaire included. Outrage in the ranks! What […]
During Covid, a group of synagogue cantors segued the Leonard Cohen song back into its New Year original. The soloist Julia Danielle Smulson is a real jazz talent, winner of an Ella Fitzgerald award. The […]
Where Art Meets Science: Martin, Campbell, Mendelssohn-Hensel, plus Professor Dame Athene Donald (speaker). Marsyas Trio; Rosalyn Hart, Emily Chung (violins); Rachel Stott (viola); Ewan Campbell (double-bass). Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Cambridge, 28.09.2024 Manu Martin Lim […]
Composer and pianist Louis Mander, fresh from the premiere of his opera The Waves (inspired by Virginia Woolf’s novel) at the Oslo Opera Festival, is joining forces with narrator Zeb Soanes and tenor Will Diggle for an […]
ETERNITY IN AN HOUR – Jess Dandy and Keval Shah by Clare Park On Tuesday 15 October at Oxford International Song Festival, contralto Jess Dandy and pianist Keval Shah will give the world premiere of […]
