BBC diversity hiring now includes the dead

Christopher Morley, long-serving arts editor of the Birmingham Post, has written an op-ed today attacking its flailing management and failing reputation. Here goes:     The name of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra glows […]

There’s a surprise #1 on the Apple Classical global streaming charts this week. It’s a French-US harpsichordist called Justin Taylor playing Chopin on a Pleyel pianino of 1839. The label is Outhere. Is Justin out […]

We hear that Elim Chan, the sought-after Hong Kong conductor, is leaving Classic Concert Management GmbH in Berlin to join Intermusica in London. No-one’s giving any reasons yet, but CCM have just three conductors on […]