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 […]
Paavo Järvi has cancelled next week’s concerts with the Berlin Staatskapelle due to illness. Chief conductor Christian Thielemann will step in with a different programme. Instead of Sibelius, Korngold and Nielsen, it will be an […]
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Message from the Norwegian artist Leif Ove Andsnes: “It is with mixed emotions that I share with you that this year’s festival will be my last” says founder and artistic director Leif Ove Andsnes. “I […]
The German conductor will celebrate his birthday tonight and tomorrow with the Bamberg Symphony with performances of Bruckner’s first symphony and Camille Saint-Saëns’ Organ Symphony. The much-travelled maestro is presently artistic director of the National […]
There seems to be more than the usual ambiguity of artists towards their agencies. The latest to jump is Queen Elisabeth 2010 piano competition winner Denis Kozhukhin. The Belgium-based Russian has left Askonas Holt after […]
The US soprano has withdrawn from the Royal Opera’s production of Faust, which does not open until late May. Covent Garden says: ‘Lisette Oropesa has withdrawn from all performances of Faust due to personal reasons.’ […]
Magical encounters This is a lovely short video from the Metropolitan Museum in New York. It was just an ordinary day for Met Security Officer Armia Malak Khalil, born in Egypt but a New York resident for many […]
A letter has gone out from the Department of Education to presidents of colleges and music schools, outlawing positive discrimination for students of under-represented backgrounds. The key paragraph is this: The Department will no longer […]
We hear the BIS founder, Robert von Bahr, is no longer working with Apple, which bought his company, BIS, 18 months ago. Robert’s company email has been deleted and he is not responding to messages. […]
