Barenboim’s back in the podium

The culture minister has renewed Volksoper chief Lotte de Beer by five years to 2032. The Dutchwoman, 42, has managed a smooth transition of music directors, from Omer Meir Wellber to Ben Glassberg, and has […]

Larry Schoenberg, the composer’s son, has lost his Pacific Palisades home in the Los Angeles firestorm – in addition to the family’s publishing business, Belmont Music. Larry, who is 83, is a retired high school […]

The Alastair Macualay Review: A number of singers – Placido Domingo and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau the most renowned – have also been conductors. It’s probably not a first to have someone sing and conduct at the […]