The new big bone at the Gewandhaus orchestra is Polina Tarasenko, 23. She’s from Kherson in Ukraine. Polina was a student of Ian Bousfield at the University of Arts Bern before joining the Mendelssohn Academy […]
Vinci: Artaserse – Craig Trompeter & orchestra of Haymarket Opera Company (Photo: Elliot Mandel) As Chicago-based Haymarket Opera Company‘s recording of Leonardo Vinci’s Artaserse is released on Cedille Records, we chat to the company’s founder and musical […]
Here’s another screed of posted by Emma Stenning’s regime at Birmingham’s troubled orchestra. The text is lacking in specifics. It proclaims a welcome, then utters threats. You’d need a psychoanalyst to explain what prompted it. […]