When its founders retired last year it looked like Dots Music Camden would be lost forever. Dots is one of about five music shops in London that sell a full range of instruments and sheet […]

HarrisonParrott has just announced the acquisition of Paris boutique agency Solea Management. Solea’s founder Romain Blondel and his team will move immediately to the HarrisonParrott Paris office. The artists affected are: Jonathan Fournel Lucie Horsch […]

Shaken up by the departure of Mark Messenger as head of strings, the Royal College of Music has revamped its violin teaching for the new school year. Soloist Jennifer Pike has joined as full professor, […]

The 23 year-old Russian Maria Zaytseva took first prize at the important ARD competition in Munich. Second was Krzysztof Michalski from Poland, third the Dutchman Alexander Warenberg. The post Russian wins ARD cello contest appeared […]

After a childhood in Soviet Estonia, Viljar Puu Weimann won a place at the Cleveland Institute of Music and went on to play violin and, eventually, to become a conductor. In 2014, Weimann founded Orchestra […]

US astronaut Sarah Gillis took her violin into outer space, beyond the pull of gravity. So how does she play weightless? Report here: The post A violin solo from outer space appeared first on Slippedisc.

He sat down for his first ‘exclusive’ interview since quitting the San Francisco Symphony and made no reference to its board and CEO with whom he has terminally fallen out. He said nothing about his […]

This message has been posted by the Komische Oper Berlin, some of whose musicians are freelance school teachers: As one of the most important cultural institutions in Berlin, the Komische Oper Berlin has been committed […]

The  Labour Government has green-lighted a ready-made scheme giving disadvantaged children access to music in schools. Tory ministers had dithered for two years over giving it priority. Labour has, naturally, taken full credit for the […]