The death has been notified of Isaac Chueke, an international conductor formerly associated with the Teatre San Carlo in Naples. He was long resident in Paris where he founded the Groupe de Recherche Musiques Brésiliennes in the Department of Musicology at the Sorbonne.
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A Hong Kong newspaper has reported fresh allegations of abusive conduct involving the former music director of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. The other party was the chair of the musicians’ committee. Here’s an extract: […]
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From our agony aunt’s mailbag: Dear Alma, I am a public school orchestra director. I am pretty young, I graduated a couple of years ago, and then got a job (really nice one) in the […]
