Sara Davis Buechner has an entertaining new video on the classical piano credentials of young women entering beauty pageants such as Miss America. Enjoy. The post Concert pianist evaluates Miss America contestants appeared first on […]
Summer’s over and the transfer market is open. IMG Artists, very quiet for a while, has recruited agent Callan Coughlan from Sppanish boutique Promethean Artists. He brings, by way of dowry, the Nicaraguan-US soprano Gabriella […]
Edward Thomas by Frederick Henry Evansbromide print, circa 1904NPG P476 © National Portrait Gallery, London On 17 September 2024, St Martin-in-the-Fields opens its 2024/25 season with the London premiere of Alec Roth’s song cycle A […]
The renowned synagogue cantor Naftali Herstik died yesterday at the age of 77. The funeral took place today in Ra’anana, Israel. Born into a Hungarian dynasty of traditional prayer leaders, Herstik served for 30 years […]
The Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, a byword for instability, has thrown out General Director Jorge Telerman on orders from the City mayor. The new joint CEOs are American Ballet Theater’s Argentine star Julio Bocca […]
The violinist messages: After one of the hottest and most humid concert adventures at the Tonhalle Düsseldorf I was looking forward spending my day at home chilling. Sadly my flight got cancelled – I have […]
The Musicians Union has published some research showing that 59 per cent of their members no longer find touring Europe to be financially viable. Three-quarters of those who worked in the EU before Brexit said […]
The UK-Australian pianist Jayson Gillham provoked a crisis at the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra by making a contentious political statement about the Middle East. Gillhamas was removed from his next scheduled appearance and the ensuing furore […]
JAM on the Marsh – Aki Blendis with JAM Festival Orchestra, conductor Michael Bawtree Following sell-out performances from this year’s JAM on the Marsh festival, set in the mediaeval churches of Romney Marsh, Kent, from […]
Pride and Prejudice – Jermyn Street Theatre It’s been quite a week for women in bonnets. First, all three Brontes, then, inevitably, Jane Austin. At Jermyn Street there’s an entertaining adaptation of Miz Jane’s most famous […]
