The Cleveland Orchestra has added three batons to its pack as music director Franz Welser-Möst prepares to step down in 2027. Taichi Fukumura joins immediately as assistant conductor, James Feddeck as principal conductor of the […]
Lord Tony Hall, chair of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, at the season launch. Also featuring Chief Exec Emma Stenning with Director of Artistic Planning Catherine Arlidge and Music Director Kazuki Yamada. Among the […]
The Swedish dramatic baritone John Lundgren has announced his retirement on Instagram. – After 25 years in this extraordinary industry, in over 60 roles, on over 50 different opera and concert stages around the world […]
Against ongoing political and economic uncertainty, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields launches most ambitious season of the last decade ASMF continues to collaborate with the world’s great soloists and directors, including Music […]
In his second season as Principal Conductor & Artistic Advisor, Kahchun Wong presents programmes including Rachmaninov, Elgar, Beethoven and Mahler, alongside new works from composers including Max Richter and Unsuk Chin. Titled positions include Anna Lapwood (Featured Artist), Unsuk Chin (Featured […]
• Julia Wolfe appointed the Orchestra’s first Composer in Residence, with four works featured in the season, including a newly commissioned symphonic arrangement of her Pulitzer-winning Anthracite Fields • Focus on opera, with Principal Guest Conductor […]
Today [01/05/2025] BBC Radio 3 reveals the names of the New Generation Artists (NGAs) joining the station’s prestigious talent development scheme in September 2025 through to December 2027. They are: the UK-based Astatine Trio (pianist […]
The protest drew between 500 and 600 people outside the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava. The Slovak prime minister was absent, visiting Putin in Moscow. The post Hundreds protest against Anna Netrebko in Slovakia appeared […]
When did you last hear a concerto for squeezebox and symphony orchestra? It’s a refreshingly agreeable alternative bit of Bournemouth programming. The post Watch out: There’s an accordion in my orchestra appeared first on Slippedisc.
The incoming MD has given a soft-soap interview to Playbill: What are your hopes for your season as Music and Artistic Director Designate? It is the start of a beautiful journey, filled with powerful new […]
