The pianist was added today to a Justice Ministry list of Russians who have spoken out againnst Putin’s war in Ukraine. It’s a list of honour. The post Russians name Kissin as a foreign agent […]
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: In the early days of long-playing records. a man in a suit at EMI realised that the Grieg and Schumann concertos were half an hour long, in the […]
The next president at Berklee will be Jim Lucchese, a former executive at Spotify, the controversial streaming service. Boston born and a drummer by vocation, Lucchese sold his start-up The Echo Nest to Spotify in […]
The death has been announced of Berlin’s ensemble mosaik founder Bettina Junge, after a long illness. Originally from Cologne, she was passionately committed to contemporary composers, taking board positions with Berlin’s Gesellschaft für Neue Musik […]
The St Pauk Chamber Orchestra functions with artistic partners, not directors. Its players say they prefer to go conductorless. However…. they have just chosen a new artsitic partner and he is a conductor. Gábor Takács-Nagy, […]
The Brazilian Academy of Music mourns the death of pianist Maria Josephina Mignone at the age of 101 years. She founded the “Francisco Mignone Cultural Center and was the premier interpreter of her huband’s works. […]
Press release for next season: Major programming highlights include Nuestros sonidos (Our Sounds), a season-long festival celebrating the vibrant sounds, diverse traditions, and influence of Latin culture in the United States with performances spanning a […]
The Hollywood composer has issued a heartfelt plea to Salt Lake City to preserve Maurice Abravanel Hall from demolition: Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, I knew Maurice Abravanel, whom I admired greatly both as a person […]
The Georgian-French pianist was stuck in traffic, late for her July 14. Her stage shoes were useless for walking. Luckily, the kindness of a stranger saved the day. Right before entering the stage of […]
The lovely mezzo-soprano Margaret Cable died on Tuesday of complications following surgery. She was 82. Married to the LSO tuba virtuoso John Fletcher (who died in 1987), Cable sang at festivals across Europe and the […]