A detail of A C Pugin’s drawing of the Entrance Hall, Brighton Pavilion c1821 English piano maker Thomas Tomkison (c1764-1853) made a succession of instruments for the Prince of Wales (later Prince Regent and then […]
The Latvian mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča has pulled out of the Berlin State Opera’s run of Parsifal with illness. She will miss at least the two opening performances of the Easter-month run. Tanja Ariane Baumgartner jumps […]
We have been notified of the death of the international Japanese conductor Kazuyoshi Akiyama, at the age of 84. Music director of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra for four decades, 1964 to 2004, he was transformational […]