Musicians of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra have just passed a vote of no confidence in their management. ‘We no longer have faith in the abilities of our senior management to make decisions that are in […]
Laurie Niles, an LA freelancer, writes violinist.com, essential reading for strings players. One day she got a call from her local band: … In late February, I received an e-mail from a personnel director whom […]
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has announced the death of Joan Champie, the first woman to be admitted to its ranks. Champie, who was 92, played second oboe from 1955 to 1962. She had a struggle […]
The MU has launched a campaign to resintate the full band that played on Strictly Come Dancing before distancing measures were introduced during Covid. A mini-band continues to be used to accompany the dancers in […]
Hungarian conductor Ádám Fischer returns to Haydn: his complete recording of all of the symphonies with the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra. Here he is again, in a less remnant acoustic this time (the concert hall of […]
The Russian Ministry of Culture has finally named an artistic director for the Moscow State Academic Symphony Orchestra, which has been headless for more than two years. Ivan Niforchin (pictured), 29, replaces Pavel Kogan who […]
The Oxford International Song Festival (formerly the Oxford Lieder Festival) is back for its 23rd year with 70 events in 16 days, from 11 to 26 October 2024. Under the title of Cities of Song: […]
Founded in 2009, cellist Natalie Clein’s Purbeck International Chamber Music Festival is celebrating Youth and Experience in its 2024 festival which runs from 29 August to 1 September 2024, featuring concerts set in the stunning […]
Marschner: Der Vampyr – Milena Knauß – Gothic Opera (Photo: Craig Fuller) Marschner: Der Vampyr, in a version by Julia Mintzer & Kelly Lovelady; Giuseppe Pellingra, Milena Knauß, Jack Roberts, Amber Reeves, Conall O’Neill, Madeleine […]
The Belgian cellist Camille Thomas has left Liu Kotow Management in Hannover, which she joined five years ago. Thomas, 35, is now with Eleanor Ripman and Keynote Artists in London. She has a DG record […]
