We understand that the violinist Nicola Benedetti, director of the Edinburgh Festival, gave birth on Monday to her first child. Mother and baby are doing well, friends say.
Benedetti, 35, is in a relationship with the US trumpet player Wynton Marsalis.
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The Metropolitan Opera has appointed Hiroshi Nakachi from Oaka, Japan, as its new tuba player. He plays in Aida tonight. The post Met hires tuba appeared first on Slippedisc.
In our exclusive list of long-serving orchestral players, Frances Darger came in at #2 for playing 70 years in the violins of the Utah Symphony. On retirement, twelve years ago, she found a new hobby […]
Latest publicity pics from French violinist Esther Abrami suggest she is using her 1700 Carlo Giuseppe Testore instrument as a prop to keep her upright. Surely not what she intended. Ms Abrami, 28, lives in […]
