A small Gaza demonstration outside Davies Symphony Hall greeted concertgoers to the Israel Philharmonic’s tour performance lasty night. Local estimates suggest about 100 protestors turned out, representing Artists Against Apartheid and other groups. Inside, the […]
From a correspondent in Berlin: Touching ceremony last night at the Staatsoper in Berlin when a very frail Daniel Barenboim received the title of Honorary Chief Conductor and ‘passed the baton’ to his successor, Christian […]
The Savonlinna soprano Iris Candelaria, 29, has been awarded the Finnish Cultural Foundation prize of 40,000 Euros for helping to build ‘a sustainable, pluralistic and multi-voiced Finland. She’s presently singing Merry Widow in Helsinki and […]