The joint concertmaster of New York’s Metropolitan Opera, David Chan, has been named artistic director of the Taipei Music Academy & Festival until 2028. Chan’s parents are from Taiwan. He says: ‘Contributing to Taiwan’s music […]
Hummel: Quintet, Bertini: Grand Sextuor; Sestetto Classico; MDGReviewed by Andreas Rey (22 September 2025) Two large-scale chamber works from the fringes of the repertoire from composers sitting between Mozart and Beethoven in fresh, idiomatic performances […]
Kurt Weill’s Broadway musical One Touch of Venus transferred to Hollywood in 1948. But the delicacy of ‘Speak Low’ was way beyond the capcity of its female lead. Eileen Wilson did the singing while Ava […]