Cheltenham Music Festival has announced a “vibrant, energising programme of real breadth, depth and quality” to celebrate 80 years of championing, cultivating and inspiring classical music in the UK and worldwide – and look towards […]
Giovanna d’Arco, which premiered at La Scala in 1845, was an instant popular success. It is said that within a few weeks of the premiere the favourite melodies from Giovanna were being ground out on the […]
The third Siemens Hallé International Conductors Competition is now accepting applicants from aspiring conductors across the world. This prestigious competition provides one talented conductor with a platform to develop their skills on an international level. The winner will […]
The Ambassador Programme runs annually and is a training scheme for young professionals (c.19-35) dedicated to developing their practical, instrumental teaching and workshop leading skills, as well as growing their love for performance. The Programme […]
Edition Records is thrilled to announce the signing of internationally recognised Norwegian artist Nils Petter Molvaer – a sonic rebel whose fearless reinvention of European and Nordic jazz has left an indelible mark on the musical landscape. […]
There’s no reason to read anything political into this, but the Lithuanian soprano Asmik Grigorian has cancelled a week with the Cleveland Orchestra this month, ‘because of personal reasons’. Here’s the official statement: The Cleveland […]
Message from the excellent French cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras: ‘After last week’s horrific spectacle at the White House—staged to humiliate President Zelensky—and the U.S.’s rapid shift away from the fundamental freedoms and democratic ideals that Europe […]
The formative director of Saint-Etienne opera, Jean Louis Pichon, has been found dead at his home, local media have reported. He was 77. The cause of death is under investigation. Pichon ran his hometown opera […]
The former Philly Pops, preently the No Name Pops, has picked Christopher Dragon as chief condcutor. Dragon, 34, is presently resident conductor at the Colorado Symphony and music director of the Wyoming Symphony Orchestra. He’s […]
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra has appointed Wenhan Jiang as co-principal violist, taking him from the Ulster Orchestra, where he wsas principal viola. It’s the touring that excites him: ‘Wien – Hamburg – Hannover – Köln […]
