Besame mucho – the historically informed performance

Steve Custer, who has died aged 81, won an LA Phil audition with Zubin Mehta in 1974 and played in the cello section until 2010. He appeared in more than 5,000 concerts following the batons […]

The Italian conductor Gianandrea Noseda has extended his stay as music director in Washington DC to the year 2031. Press release: The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) is proud to announce that Music Director Gianandrea Noseda, […]

During Covid lockdown, a group of artists applied to the courts in Munich to declare the Government’s closure of concert halls illegal. The group included the singer Christian Gerhaher (pic), the conductor Thomas Hengelbrock and […]