President Vladimir Putin honoured bass singer Ildar Abdrazakov at the Russian Federation National Awards on Wednesday. Abdra, a pal of Gergiev and the Netrebkos, told Putin: ‘”Vladimir Vladimirovich, thanks to you, I started playing hockey.’ […]
From our agony aunt’s mailbag: Dear Alma Urgent request. My deputy concertmaster is having sex with this season’s assistant conductor. She is 25, no commitments, on a learning curve with a man twenty years older […]
The London Mozart Players is seeking a new chief executive. The incumbent, Flynn Le Brocq, has found a job as director of admissions at a boarding school in Rutland. Le Brocq lasted four years at […]