Violinist Chris Wu has retired from the orchestra after 36 years. In a parting interview with the Post-Gazette, he makes caustic comments about life in the orchestra. Unfortunately, the headlines are all we can see […]
The Parisian music critic Alain Lompech (pictured) has a reputation for not respecting reputations. This week, he set his sights on the vastly popular Paris-based pianist Khatia Buniatishvili. Khatia was playing Rachmaninov’s second piano concerto […]
The Spanish conductor Noemí Pasquina has been pronounced winner of the Bucharest International Conducting Competition, directed by John Axelrod. Pasquina, a grduate of the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, is married with three small children. […]